Category: Robotics

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...

Robotic Fork Trucks Set for Lift Off
Whilst mobile robots used in ecommerce and fulfilment centers – or ‘bots’ as they’re sometimes known – have received most of the attention in recent...

Warehouse Automation Market Off to a Strong Start in 2020
After a fairly sluggish first half, the warehouse automation market ended 2019, and the decade for that matter, on a high. Despite the political uncertainties...

The Industrial Robot Market – 2019
The slowing global economy, trade wars and uncertainty in the global automotive industry have all contributed to a period of slower than expected growth for...

The Collaborative Robot Market – 2019
In 2019, overall robot market revenues experienced negative growth for the first time in many years affected by the global manufacturing downturn and reduced demand...