Interact Analysis expects annual shipments will jump from less than 2,000 in 2022, to just above 50,000 by the end of the decade.
Researchers find robots create jobs in long term
Industrial robots, particularly those in the automotive industry, complement human workers rather than replace them.
The state of material handling automation
Latest warehouse automation trends reveal the market has been on a tear in recent years, driven by the need to augment operations with flexible automation to weather the next supply chain shock and address critical labor shortages.
NVIDIA continues to improve AI development
NVIDIA announces new features and capabilities that support the acceleration and growth of AI-based solutions for robotics and simulation.
When will the mobile robot market consolidate?
Despite numerous acquisitions, the mobile robot market is in fact not consolidating, and more companies pop up each year.
Collaborative Robotics Sector Sweet Spot for Componentry Suppliers
While articulated robots represent the biggest single market opportunity for robotics enabling tech providers, Interact Analysis’ Tim Dawson believes component suppliers should place greater emphasis on the more ‘open’, and burgeoning, collaborative robotics sector.
Mobile Robots Rapidly Mainstreaming – By 2025, AGVs and AMRs Deployed in 53K Facilities
Business, technological, and social drivers, as well as the Covid pandemic, have had an accelerative effect on the mobile robotics sector, particularly for autonomous mobile robots (AMRs). Deployments are up and increasing rapidly, and you can expect more of the same in the future.
Workers in Physical Occupations Benefit from Back-Relieving HeroWear Apex Exosuit
Field tests affirm the wearable, lightweight, non-powered HeroWear Apex exosuit device lends flexible support for heavy lifting.
ABB’s Acquisition of ASTI Underscores Growing Role of AMRs on Production Floors
ABB, a key supplier of industrial robots, extends its offering portfolio to include AMRs and AGVs. Other industrial automation providers – and not limited only to robotics suppliers – are sure to follow suit.
Fetch Robotics to Prosper Following Acquisition by Zebra Technologies – Interact Analysis
Zebra Technologies announced that it would be acquiring autonomous mobile robotics supplier Fetch Robotics. Interact Analysis’ Ash Sharma breaks it all down.
Automating Robot-Assisted Surgical Subtasks – An Interview With UC Berkley’s Ken Goldberg
Researchers, including Ken Goldberg’s team at UC Berkley, are hard at work developing robotic systems that assist surgeons by automating routine, often tedious subtasks common to all surgical procedures.
Robots and International Economic Development
The next production revolution will be a boon for a global economy that is sputtering and experiencing lagging growth and investment. This new technology wave should lead to a virtuous cycle of increased investment, higher productivity, more spending, and more investment.
A3’s President Jeff Burnstein on North American Robot Sales, Plus Canvas Robotic Drywall Solution, More
In this podcast, Association for Advancing Automation’s president Jeff Burnstein comments on 2020 Robotics Sales for North America. Also, Canvas founders discuss their robotic drywall solution.
Warehouse Automation Vendors and Fulfillment-as-a-Service
While third-party logistics (3PLs) companies have offered Fulfillment–as–a–Service (FaaS) for years, automation technology vendors are now beginning to provide FaaS solutions along with their more traditional technologies, products and services offerings.
Mobile Robot Sector Expanding Rapidly, But Market Opportunity Still Massive & Evolving
As application opportunities increase, the mobile robotics sector continues to expand rapidly, with funding to start-ups continuing, and larger established technology companies, including AGV suppliers, entering the market with solutions developed in-house or acquired. As standardization and commoditization looms, companies emphasize SW, RaaS and specialization as differentiators.
MIT’s Hugh Herr Reveals Joys (and Challenges) of Commercializing Bionic Limbs
Industrial Robot’s Joanne Pransky interviews Hugh Herr, head of the Biomechatronics Research Group and Center for Extreme Bionics at MIT, about the challenges and joys of developing and commercializing robotic prostheses.
2020 Chinese Robotics Sales & Investment Strong, But Challenges Remain – STIELER Research
China has witnessed significant robotics sales and investment in 2020, a continuation of an earlier pattern. Still, young Chinese robotics companies face many challenges including a price sensitive domestic market, relatively low labor wages, trade conflicts and geopolitical tensions.
AMRs for Logistics Reaches $9B by 2024, a 10X Increase Over 2020 – Interact Analysis
Market research and consultancy firm Interact Analysis estimates that worldwide revenues for mobile robots will reach US $2.4B in 2020, representing a 45% increase for AMRs and 11% for AGVs over 2019. But that is only the beginning.
Covid’s Accelerative Impact Limited For Autonomous Food and Grocery Delivery
The Covid-19 pandemic has broadened the use case for food and grocery delivery services, and enhanced their value proposition. The same can be said for autonomous food and grocery delivery, but significant, business, technological, social and political challenges remain which the accelerative effects of the Covid-19 pandemic do not ameliorate.
Global Supply Chain Disruptions Driving Robotics Adoption
Trade conflicts, geopolitical tensions, and now the COVID-19 crisis, is putting global supply chain at risk, and as a result companies are expected to reverse the multi-decade trend of offshoring. As robotics and automation becomes more capable, cheaper, and easier to implement, the technology is likely to accelerate reshoring initiatives.
Diet and Weight Loss: Using Social Robots to Support Human Health and Well-being
Monash University’s Dr. Nicole Robinson explains how social robots can play a role in diet and weight reduction without the need for human intervention.
Cloud Computing Will be the Great Enabler of Mobile Robotics
Cloud computing represents the most important horizontal innovation for the robotics industry to date, with the market for robot-related services powered by cloud computing reaching US$157.8 billion in annual revenue by 2030.
Robots Help Some Firms, Even While Workers Across Industries Struggle
A new study co-authored by an MIT economist Daron Acemoglu shows firms that move quickly to use robots tend to add workers to their payroll, while industry job losses are more concentrated in firms that make this change more slowly.
Warehouse Automation Companies – The Top 50 for 2020 According to LogisticsIQ
LogisticsIQ expects the overall revenues from the Warehouse Automation Market to increase from US $13 billion in 2018 to reach US $27 billion by 2025, at a CAGR of 11.7% (2019 to 2025).
How Many Jobs Do Robots Really Replace?
MIT economist Daron Acemoglu’s new research puts a number on the job costs of automation.