Category: Robotics

The Future of Smart Logistics Automation: Geek+ Decathlon AMR whitepaper
Logistics automation company Geek+ recently helped sporting goods retail company Decathlon radically accelerate its warehouse automation program. We have worked closely with Geek+ and Decathlon...

Investment in Autonomous Mobile Robot (AMR) Companies Accelerates As Market Set For Next Phase Of Growth
The investment-potential of AMRs has been recognised “We have always envisioned a world where robots make the lives of people safer, easier, and more productive,”...

The Economic Landscape in the Aftermath of COVID-19: Prospects for Some Key Sectors
Our Research Methods The traditional approach of Interact Analysis’s Manufacturing Industry Output (MIO) tracker has been to use a wide spectrum of historical data to...

COVID-19 To Reduce 2020 Industrial Robot Revenue By >8%, Followed By A Rapid Growth To Return From 2021
After a weak 2019, we originally expected the 2020 robot market to recover strongly, but COVID-19 changed the market revenue growth forecast from 4.8% to...

The Rise of Ocado: An In-depth Assessment of the Grocery Warehouse Automation Market
“During the gold rush it’s a good time to be in the pick and shovel business” – Mark Twain COVID-19 is causing a seismic shift in the...

$6bn Could Be Wiped From Warehouse Automation Market in 2020 by COVID-19, But Net Gains in Long Run
Warehouse automation revenues could take a major hit in 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to our recent research. Our latest analysis...

COVID-19 Will Eliminate $0.5bn Mobile Robot Revenues in 2020, but Market Predicted to Nearly Double in 2021
Delays in both new project signoffs and also project commissioning due to social distancing measures will eliminate $450m of AGV & AMR revenues that could...

Re-shoring, Robotics, Automation and Globalisation. Likely Impacts on Industrial Strategies of the Covid-19 Pandemic
Manufacturing and Globalisation. Are we standing at a crossroads? In 2020, the world changed. The Coronavirus pandemic has had such an impact on societies and...

COVID-19 Will Cause Long-term Behavioural Shift in Consumer Habits – With Strong Implications for Warehouse Automation Providers
Not all sectors of the economy will be damaged by the current Coronavirus pandemic. As in wartime, some industries will benefit. And we aren’t just...