Global Collaborative Robot (Cobot) Market Size By Payload (Up To 5 kg, 5–10 kg), By Industry (Automotive, Electronics), By Application (Handling, Dispensing), By Geographic Scope And Forecast

Collaborative Robot (Cobot) Market Size And Forecast

Collaborative Robot (Cobot) Market size was valued at USD 1.6 Billion in 2021 and is projected to reach USD 16.8 Billion by 2030, growing at a CAGR of 40% from 2022 to 2030.

The growing adoption in the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and investments in automation of manufacturing processes are the key factor driving growth. The Global Collaborative Robot (Cobot) Market report provides a holistic evaluation of the market. The report offers comprehensive analysis of key segments, trends, drivers, restraints, competitive landscape, and factors that are playing a substantial role in the market.

Global Collaborative Robot (Cobot) Market Definition

A Collaborative Robot (Cobot) is a robot designed to assist human beings as a guide or assistor in a specific task. Collaborative robots are programmed and designed to work with human instruction, or otherwise respond to human behaviors and actions. There are several benefits of cobot that include -easy programming, fast setup, faster payback in the robot industry, better robot-human interaction and efficiency, increased return on investment, safer work environment, suitable for small-scale and mid-scale production, and safely handling complex and dangerous tasks.

Electric gripers are expected to be the most popular grippers used in collaborative robots. Electrical grippers are not suitable for heavy-duty applications which require a large amount of clamping force to grip heavy objects. However, this is not a limitation for collaborative robots since the payload of cobots rarely exceeds 20 kg and a majority of real-world applications require a payload of 5 kg or less.

The clamping force of electric grippers can also be adjusted easily, thereby limiting the force exerted and making the robotic system safe for collaborative operation. Electric grippers also eliminate the need for the installation of external clamps and hoses thereby making the certification process of collaborative systems easier.

Global Collaborative Robot (Cobot) Market Overview

The primary factors driving growth include increasing usage in Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and investments in manufacturing process automation. The introduction of robots working alongside humans in fields such as smart components assembly and electronics product assembly increases demand even further. The increased need for tasks requiring greater payload capacity is likely to contribute to the rise in demand. The capacity of robots to collaborate well with employees in an unconfined setting has resulted in increased industry installation.

The Collaborative Robot (Cobot) is outfitted with modern sensors, software, and End of Arm Tooling (EOATs) to assist keep employees safe. The demand for collaborative robots has been sparked by the automobile industry’s customers, engineers, and researchers. Furthermore, these robots help the packaging industry and other companies who want to increase their production rates. Robots are currently used in a variety of industries and are on the verge of disrupting the logistics business by overcoming problems such as complex work procedures and managing many duties in various combinations all in a little amount of space.

The development of next-generation of collaborative robots that are capable of seeing, moving, and reacting to the environment can precisely work in collaboration with humans to increase the demand for cobots across several industry verticals along with logistics. Hence, increasing demand from logistics is anticipated to drive the overall Collaborative Robot (Cobot) Market. However, with the advancements in technology, modern-day robots can perform amazing tasks efficiently and at a cheaper price. Moreover, they render a quick Return on Investments (ROI) owing to the optimization of overall expenditures and enhancement of the production rate.

Technological developments have led to advancements across the robotic industry on a notable scale. Initially, these machines were expensive and came with limited or restricted functionalities such as a fixed axis or fixed rotation angles. The restraints, such as the Need to safely handle industrial operations and poor capabilities related to faster cycle time and repeatability, could become one of the critical hinderers for market growth.

Global Collaborative Robot (Cobot) Market Segmentation Analysis

The Global Collaborative Robot (Cobot) Market is segmented on the basis of Payload, Industry, Application, And Geography.

Collaborative Robot (Cobot) Market, By Payload

• Up to 5 kg• 5–10 kg• More than 10 kg

Based on Payload, the market is bifurcated into Up to 5 kg, 5–10 kg, and More than 10 kg. The Up to 5 kg segment is expected to inflate the market growth. Low payload cobots are less expensive and take up less space than greater payload robots. As a result, they are primarily favoured by first-time users.

Collaborative Robot (Cobot) Market, By Industry

• Automotive• Electronics• Metals• Machining• Food & Beverages• Others

Based on Industry, the market is bifurcated into Automotive, Electronics, Metals and, Machining, Food & Beverages, and Others. The Electronics segment is expected to inflate the market growth. The electronics industry require low payload cobots (up to 5 Kg) for most applications, which are cheaper to purchase. Low payload cobots are also smaller in size and can be easily integrated into the production floor.

Collaborative Robot (Cobot) Market, By Application

• Handling• Assembling and Disassembling• Welding and Soldering• Dispensing• Others

Based on Application, the market is bifurcated into Handling, Assembling and Disassembling, Welding and Soldering, Dispensing, and Others. Handling is anticipated to become the fastest-growing market in the forecast duration. Handling tasks such as pick and place or palletizing are some of the most mundane and repetitive tasks being performed by human workers today.

Collaborative Robot (Cobot) Market, By Geography

• North America• Europe• Asia Pacific• Rest of the world

On the basis of Geography, the Global Collaborative Robot (Cobot) Market is classified into North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, and Rest of the world. The Asia Pacific is dominating the collaborative robot market and is also the highest growing market, mainly driven by the large scope and growth of manufacturing industries in the region. APAC is witnessing dynamic changes in terms of the adoption of automation across various industries. Countries like China are deploying automation to maintain their cost advantage with increasing labour costs.

Key Players

The “Global Collaborative Robot (Cobot) Market” study report will provide valuable insight with an emphasis on the global market. The major players in the market are Universal Robots, Techman Robot, FANUC, KUKA, Doosan Robotics, AUBO Robotics, ABB, YASKAWA, Precise Automation, Rethink Robotics.

Our market analysis also entails a section solely dedicated for such major players wherein our analysts provide an insight to the financial statements of all the major players, along with its product benchmarking and SWOT analysis. The competitive landscape section also includes key development strategies, market share and market ranking analysis of the above-mentioned players globally.

Key Developments

• In 2021, ABB (Switzerland) expanded their collaborative robot (cobot) portfolio with a new GoFa and SWIFTI cobot families that is offering higher payloads and speeds, in order to complement YuMi and Single Arm YuMi in ABB’s cobot line-up. These faster, stronger and more capable cobots are going to accelerate the company’s expansion for high-growth segments by including electronics, consumer goods, healthcare, food and beverage and logistics, through meeting growing demand for the automation across various industries.

• In 2020, Techman Robot (Taiwan), which is a global leader in collaborative robots opened its first office in Europe, which is dedicated to providing instant services, and training courses, and also acts as an inventory hub. The new office is located at Netherlands, that allows Techman Robot to respond effectively with respect to the growing needs of their customers and partners in Europe, and also supports more local businesses who are interested in implementing these robotic solutions.

• In 2020, Universal Robots (Denmark) and Mobile Industrial Robots (Denmark) together announced their expansion into a new cobot hub at Odense, Denmark, with the financial backing of their parent company, Teradyne (US). This new hub was going to help attract new employees in order to facilitate the continued growth that is being expected by the two companies in the coming years.

Ace Matrix Analysis

The Ace Matrix provided in the report would help to understand how the major key players involved in this industry are performing as we provide a ranking for these companies based on various factors such as service features & innovations, scalability, innovation of services, industry coverage, industry reach, and growth roadmap. Based on these factors, we rank the companies into four categories as Active, Cutting Edge, Emerging, and Innovators.

Market Attractiveness

The image of market attractiveness provided would further help to get information about the region that is majorly leading in the global Global Collaborative Robot (Cobot) Market. We cover the major impacting factors that are responsible for driving the industry growth in the given region.

Porter’s Five Forces

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