Robotics

Innovation map overview of wearable sensor technology and market opportunities.

Innovation map for the sensor market: roadmap, innovations, and future markets.

Innovation map of sensor technology markets and emerging global trends.

Mobile robots in logistics can be seen to work throughout an entire supply chain from manufacturing processes, to reaching consumers and shops. Material handling, including material transportation and mobile picking, are some of the key jobs for mobile robots at the very beginning of the supply chain. Material transportation alone was seen to hold around 90% of market revenue share as of 2024, according to IDTechEx, signifying the large uptake and importance of mobile robots in redesigning intralogistics and transporting applications.

This premium article discusses the top five players in the roboshuttle industry.

Thursday 7 November 2024 - Which Technology Innovations Will Be Most Disruptive in the Global Sensor Market? An overview of meta-trends shaping the sensor market landscape; A summary of major market verticals, product types and leading technologies; Coverage of near-term trends in sensor technology development, adoption and integration - including the impact of AI on edge sensing; An overview of disruptive emerging sensor technologies recently commercialized, their value proposition, advantages and market challenges. This includes printed sensors, quantum sensors, emerging image sensors, biosensors, gas sensors and nanocarbon sensors; Case studies in fast growing markets for sensors technology, both established and emerging, such as future mobility, wearables and IoT (industrial, consumer and environmental); Initial ten-year forecasting insights and sensor market outlook for the next ten years

Forecasts taken from IDTechEx's report "Collaborative Robots 2025-2045: Technologies, Players, and Markets"

While sensors contribute just a fraction of the annual revenue generated by major electronics companies, sensor technology nevertheless represents a multi-billion-dollar global market.

In this premium article, IDTechEx provides an overview of emerging industrial internet-of-things (IIoT) sensor technologies and their applications.

This premium article provides key insights from the DroneX Trade Show 2024.

In October 2024, Tesla hosted a 'We, Robot' Event on its humanoid robots. IDTechEx summarized the key takeaways of this event.

The global commercialization of autonomous trucks in 2024 is being shaped significantly by regional regulations and government policies. To enable the growth of autonomous trucking, the U.S., Europe and China have adopted different approaches, primarily influenced by their respective regulatory environments, infrastructure development, and governmental support.

This premium article discusses collaborative robots (cobots) in the photovoltaic and semiconductor industries.

Airborne Robotics is an Austria-based manufacturer of rotary unmanned aerial vehicles with high payload and long operational time. IDTechEx interviewed Airborne Robotics at DroneX Trade Show in London in September 2024.

Hinalea Imaging is a hyperspectral imaging technology provider founded in 2024 and based in CA, USA. Hinalea is a spin-out of the hyperspectral imaging business unit from TruTag Technologies and provides high-resolution, handheld, autonomous hyperspectral cameras. Hinalea aims to provide imaging solutions to the medical diagnostics, precision agriculture, food safety, and consumer goods markets. IDTechEx spoke with European Sales Director, Kevin Lynch, at the SPIE Sensors + Imaging exhibition in Edinburgh, UK.

QDI Systems is a full-stack SWIR imaging solution provider founded in 2019 and headquartered in the Netherlands. QDI Systems is a spin-out from Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen who specializes in the development of imaging devices for medical applications based on PbS quantum dots. IDTechEx spoke with CEO, Artem Shulga, at the SPIE Sensors + Imaging exhibition in Edinburgh, UK.

Kassow Robots, founded in 2015 by Kristian Kassow in Copenhagen, specializes in the development and manufacturing of 7-axis (7 degrees of freedom) collaborative robots (cobots) designed for industrial applications. IDTechEx interviewed Kassow Robots in September 2024.

This premium article explores collaborative robots (cobots) in the Li-ion battery industry.

New Imaging Technologies provide short-wave infrared (SWIR) camera technology, and were founded in 2007 in France. New Imaging Technologies manufacture InGaAs SWIR cameras, primarily supplying products within the semiconductor, aerospace, and defence sectors. IDTechEx spoke with Sales Manager, Jose Aouad, at the SPIE Sensors + Imaging exhibition in Edinburgh, UK.