Collaborative robot markets are expected to see the biggest growth in the years ahead, with end effectors representing the largest component market.

Industrial Robots; Robot Arms; Cameras, Scanners and Vision Systems; Collaborative Cage-free Robots; Mobile Robots; Robot Operating Systems; Warehousing and Materials Handling; New Technologies, and Jobs By Frank Tobe, Editor and Publisher, The Robot Report There are fewer manufacturers of industrial robots than one might imagine: only a little more than 200 worldwide. Of these, less…

By Frank Tobe, editor/publisher, The Robot Report Pres. Obama, speaking at Carnegie Mellon University, June 24, 2011 “Today, I’m calling for all of us to come together- private sector, industry, universities, and the government – to spark a renaissance in American manufacturing and help our manufacturers develop the cutting-edge tools they need to compete with…

Click image to enlarge The latest ROBO-STOX™ chart – covering the four year period from 12/31/2007 to 12/31/2011 – shows that worldwide stock performance of robotic stocks over the last four years has been disappointing for investors. Robotic industrials are still down 28% from their 2007 highs and did poorer than the Dow Jones Industrial…

by Frank Tobe, Publisher, The Robot Report with Manoj Sahi, roboticist and educator, India   Imagine being present at the birth of a new industry. It is an industry based on groundbreaking new technologies, wherein a handful of well-established corporations sell highly specialized devices for business use, and a fast-growing number of start-up companies produce innovative…

Where are the robots? Where’s that $100 billion industry we’ve seen in the forecasts? Since the 1980’s we’ve seen robots outside of the factory – vacuums, drones, bomb disposal devices, embedded systems for cars, hazardous materials and location monitoring bots – but expected to see more. Our expectations are so much higher than what’s thus…