Global market development in vacuum cleaning robots from 2001 to today
Jan 23, 2025 — With more than 2 million units sold alone in 2023, floor cleaning robots account for close to 57% of domestic service robots and remain a major pillar of domestic service robots. Today, we see a fully mature market for domestic floor cleaning robots. This has not always been like that…
Jan 15, 2025 — In today’s rapidly evolving technological landscape, sustainability has emerged as a crucial directive for manufacturing industries worldwide. One of the most transformative strategies to achieve this goal is the incorporation of automated product disassembly into the design process.
Jan 15, 2025 — It is an exciting time for mobile robotics. Global events, technological advancements, and changing market conditions are increasingly influencing our industry. The growing labor shortage on the customer side further drives the topic of automation, and thus mobile robotics.
Dec 03, 2024 — Service robotics is an industry on the move. One trend are bipedal robots or humanoids with gigantic investments in the last months. Whether these robots will be a game changer is still open and so far, no sales could be observed.
Challenges, Innovations, and Long-Term Growth Outlook
Nov 26, 2024 — Automation has become the cornerstone of the manufacturing industry. However, the potential is far from exhausting. Industries that already have a high degree of automation as well as those that have had little experience so far, are intensifying their work on automating their processes.
One of 10 Women Shaping the Future of Robotics in 2024
Oct 24, 2024 — Michelle Frumkin's passion for robotics has allowed her to combine her entrepreneurial mindset with science, bringing innovation to the forefront of this fast-moving industry. Working at 3M has given her the chance to balance creativity and business while being a parent, demonstrating that women can thrive in male-dominated fields like robotics without sacrificing their personal goals.
One of 10 Women Shaping the Future of Robotics in 2024
Sep 17, 2024 — Hello, my name is Daniela Sanchez Cruz, originally from Mexico City. I have a bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Engineering from Universidad Iberoamericana and a master’s degree in Innovation by Design, with a major in robotics, from Singapore University of Technology and Design.
World Robotics – Industrial Robots: Record of 4 Million Robots in Factories Worldwide
The new World Robotics report recorded 4,281,585 units operating in factories worldwide - an increase of 10%. Annual installations exceeded half a million units for the third consecutive year. By region, 70% of all newly deployed robots 2023 were installed in Asia, 17% in Europe and 10% in the Americas.
World Robotics – Service Robots: Sales of Service Robots up 30% Worldwide
Sales of professional service robots increased by 30% worldwide. More than 205,000 units were registered by IFR's statistics department in 2023. Nearly 80% of the robots came from the Asia-Pacific region with 162,284 units sold. Europe followed with 33,918 units and the Americas with 8,927 units sold.
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