The overall variety of service robots offered for skilled use hit 158,000 items in 2022 – a rise of 48%. Scarcity of workers is a robust driver for corporations to automate.
The overall variety of service robots offered for skilled use hit 158,000 items in 2022 – a rise of 48%. Scarcity of workers is a robust driver for corporations to automate.
“The service robotic trade is growing at a quick tempo,” says Marina Invoice, President of the Worldwide Federation of Robotics. “Scarcity of expert employees and a scarcity of workers making use of for service jobs boosts demand. IFR recognized nearly 1,000 service robotic suppliers worldwide delivering autonomous providers.”
5 high functions for skilled service robots by items offered:
Cell robotic options in transportation and logistics established a robust market share: extra skilled service robots had been constructed for the transportation of products or cargo, than every other perform. Gross sales grew by 44% with greater than 86,000 items offered in 2022.
Hospitality robots take pleasure in rising reputation: Greater than 24,500 items (+125%) had been offered in 2022. Robots for cellular steering, info, and telepresence account for many of those robots.
Gross sales of medical robots had been down 4% to about 9,300 items. Nearly 4,900 surgical procedure robots (+5%) had been offered, however gross sales of robots for rehabilitation and noninvasive remedy had been down 16% to lower than 3,200 robots.
Robotics gross sales in agriculture grew by 18% with nearly 8,000 items shipped in 2022. Greater than 5,800 robots (+9%) had been offered for agricultural duties like milking and barn cleansing. The dearth of human workforce in agricultural areas and demand for extra sustainable agriculture make service robots a key participant on this market.
The marketplace for skilled cleansing robots grew by 8% and reached nearly 6,900 items offered. The principle utility is flooring cleansing with 4,900 items offered – up 10%. This represents greater than 70% of shipments on this utility group.
Service robots for shopper use
Gross sales of robots for shopper use reached about 5.1 million items in 2022 vs. 158,000 items offered for skilled use.
As we speak, we discover the strongest shopper demand in areas of home family robots. Nearly 4.9 million robots had been offered in 2022.