Topic summary
83%29 analyzed articles/videos16,457 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Robotics results contain 53 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Framing Effect, and Biased Writer Voice, with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 8.8% saturation with 6,220 hits. Analysis detected 54,119 faulty-reasoning hits from 71,084 analyzed words across 29 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.4% and a BS Rank of 16% (18,405 of 21,675 topics). This Robotics is better (less manipulative) than 84.90% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

15% percentile
025507510015.1% percentile
1.4% BS Score29 analyzed articles71.1K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 5.5%5.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 5.7%5.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 3.8%3.8%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.3%0.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 4.8%4.8%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.4%3.4%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 2.5%2.5%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.8%1.8%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 3.6%3.6%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Topic 4.3%4.3%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%Framing Effect: Topic 5.5%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 5.7%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 9.1%Optimism Bias: Topic 8.8%, sitewide 6.0%Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 6.7%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 5.3%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 4.6%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 0.5%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.3%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

100 driverless oilfield trucks planned for Permian Basin as US firms scale fleet by 202735%
Interesting Engineering73%By Christopher McFadden31%8/2/2026, 6:05:47 AM
Western New York School District Hits Pause on Robot Teacher Amid Scrutiny36%
NYS Focus26%By Melissa Manno24%7/24/2026, 11:31:00 AM
Framing…20%Optimis…17%Halo Ef…44%
Mobileye CEO Amnon Shashua to step aside as company pushes into robotaxis, robotics31%
TechCrunch68%By Kirsten Korosec50%7/23/2026, 3:40:08 PM
AMD’s new X100 chip lineup puts embedded Ryzen AI 'Strix Halo' chips into robots – APUs for physical AI bring Zen 5 CPU, RDNA 3.5 GPU cores to compete with Intel’s Panther Lake34%
Tom's Hardware61%By Jake Roach6%7/23/2026, 11:30:00 AM
Tesla touts 380,000 unsupervised robotaxi miles with ‘zero notable incidents’76%
Fox Business95%By Sophia Compton88%7/22/2026, 5:01:48 PM
Sales were up at Tesla but so were costs and spending53%
Ars Technica42%By Jonathan M. Gitlin79%7/22/2026, 2:15:19 PM
Ukrainian drones deliver robots directly into battle by sea and air16%
Ars Technica42%By Jeremy Hsu45%7/22/2026, 4:15:03 AM
Gritt exits stealth with $34 million for robots to build solar plants — then, everything else68%
TechCrunch68%By Tim Fernholz71%7/21/2026, 3:00:00 AM
Inside the Robot Lab: Training Robots With Internet Video57%
Mashable76%By Mashable Video74%7/21/2026, 1:33:50 AM
MMAI! Watch the moment a robot is DECAPITATED during a brutal humanoid cage fight – yet keeps fighting62%
Daily Mail Online88%By SHIVALI BEST88% SCIENCE78% TECHNOLOGY EDITOR78%7/20/2026, 5:38:57 AM