Sales of Robots for the Service Sector Grew by 37% Worldwide

Sales of skilled service robots rose by a formidable 37% in 2021. By area, the strongest progress got here from Europe with a market share of 38% adopted by North America with 32% and Asia with 30%. At the identical time, gross sales of new client service robots grew by 9%, in accordance with the “World Robotics 2022 – Service Robots” report, issued by the International Federation of Robotics (IFR).

Service robots for skilled use

“Service robots for professional use are extremely diverse,” says IFR´s President Marina Bill. “They are usually designed to perform a specific task and can be found in warehouses, in hospitals and airports or even helping on dairy farms automatically milking cows.”

Top functions for skilled service robots by models offered:

About 121,000 skilled service robots had been offered in 2021 – multiple out of each three constructed had been focused for the transportation of items or cargo. The majority thereof are utilized in indoor environments e.g factories.

Hospitality robots get pleasure from rising recognition however in comparison with market potential, gross sales figures are nonetheless low: More than 20,000 models (+85%) had been offered in 2021. Robots on this class are both used for foods and drinks preparation or for cellular steerage, data, and telepresence.

Sales of medical robots had been up 23% to 14,823 models. The majority are surgical robots, adopted by robots for rehabilitation and non-invasive remedy, whereas the share of robots for diagnostics remains to be comparably low.

Service robots for client use

“Service robots for consumers are mainly used in domestic environments: They help with vacuuming, floor-cleaning, or gardening, and are also used for social interaction and education,” says IFR´s President Marina Bill. “These service robots are produced for a mass market with completely different pricing and marketing compared to service robots for professional use.”

Robots for home duties constituted the largest group of client robots. Almost 19 million models (+12%) had been offered in 2021. Vacuuming robots and different robots for indoor home flooring cleansing are at present the most used utility.

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