1. | EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS |
1.1. | Introduction |
1.2. | The rise of artificial intelligence |
1.3. | Drivers for increasing robotic adoption - the 4th industrial revolution |
1.4. | Drivers for increasing robotic adoption - collaborative robotics |
1.5. | Drivers for increasing robotic adoption - mobile robotics & autonomous driving |
1.6. | Robotic visual and force sensing |
1.7. | Robotic sensing: why now? |
1.8. | Robotic sensing |
1.9. | Robotic sensing forecasts |
1.10. | Ten year forecasts for vision systems (units, market value) |
1.11. | Ten year forecasts for force sensing (market value) |
1.12. | Ten year forecasts for domestic robots (market value) |
1.13. | The ethics of artificial intelligence |
2. | INTRODUCTION |
2.1. | Introduction to robotic sensing |
2.2. | Challenges in robotics and robotic sensing (1) |
2.3. | Challenges in robotics and robotic sensing (2) |
2.4. | Challenges in robotics and robotic sensing (3) |
2.5. | Definitions (1) |
2.6. | Definitions (2) |
2.7. | Definitions (3) |
2.8. | Definitions (4) |
3. | COLLABORATIVE ROBOTS |
3.1. | Industrial robots |
3.2. | Collaborative robot definitions |
3.3. | The force limited robot: a true collaborative robot |
3.4. | Force limited collaborative robots: features (1) |
3.5. | Force limited collaborative robots: features (2) |
3.6. | Force limited collaborative robots - case studies (1) |
3.7. | Force limited collaborative robots - case studies (2) |
3.8. | Force limited collaborative robots - case studies (3) |
3.9. | Force limited collaborative robots - case studies (4) |
3.10. | Force limited collaborative robots - case studies (5) |
3.11. | Force limited collaborative robots - case studies (6) |
3.12. | A comparison of collaborative robots |
3.13. | A comparison of force limited robots |
4. | AUTONOMOUS MOBILE ROBOTICS (AMR) |
4.1. | Mobile robots in warehouse/logistics applications |
4.2. | KIVA |
4.3. | ... before KIVA was Amazon |
4.4. | ... before KIVA was Amazon (2) on the importance of software and hardware |
4.5. | ... before KIVA was Amazon (3) the wisdom of the crowd |
4.6. | An expanded definition of collaborative robots? |
4.7. | Shuttle robots: pricing |
4.8. | AMRs in retail (1) |
4.9. | AMRs in retail (2) |
4.10. | AMRs in retail (3) |
4.11. | AMRs in specialized applications - medical |
4.12. | AMRs in specialized applications - medical (2) |
5. | DOMESTIC ROBOTS |
5.1. | Introduction |
5.2. | Robotic cleaners |
5.3. | Robotic lawnmowers |
6. | AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES: CARS AND DRONES |
6.1. | Autonomous vehicles and the concept of redundancy in safety |
6.2. | Sensor fusion as A.I. |
6.3. | Testing Google's autonomous vehicles |
6.4. | LIDAR - cost reduction strategies |
6.5. | LIDAR - investment |
6.6. | Robotic autonomous cars - autonomy definitions |
6.7. | Robotic autonomous cars - forecasts |
6.8. | Robotic drones |
6.9. | Robotic drones/UAVs - levels of autonomy |
7. | AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS |
7.1. | Drivers for automation in agriculture |
7.2. | Fully autonomous driverless large tractors |
7.3. | Autonomous weed killing robots (LIDAR navigation) |
7.4. | Hyperspectral imaging: the future of precision agriculture |
7.5. | Benefits of using aerial imaging in farming |
7.6. | Unmanned agriculture drones on the market |
8. | OPTICAL SENSORS IN ROBOTS - VISION GUIDED ROBOTICS |
8.1. | Bin picking & vision in industrial robotics |
8.2. | The need for robotic vision |
8.3. | Vision guided robotics (VGR) technologies |
8.4. | 2D & 3D machine vision |
8.5. | 3D machine vision - stereo cameras |
8.6. | 3D machine vision - structure light |
8.7. | 3D machine vision - projected texture |
8.8. | 3D machine vision - light profiling |
8.9. | 3D machine vision - LASER profilers & time of flight |
8.10. | The players |
8.11. | Innovation in image sensing - hardware improvements in VGR |
8.12. | Innovation in image sensing - iniLabs -DVS |
8.13. | Innovation in image sensing - SNAP Sensor |
8.14. | Vision systems in industrial robots - ten year forecasts (numbers) |
8.15. | Vision systems in industrial robots - ten year forecasts (value) |
8.16. | Vision systems in industrial collaborative robots - ten year forecasts (numbers and value) |
8.17. | Vision systems in industrial collaborative robots - ten year forecasts (numbers) |
8.18. | Vision systems in industrial collaborative robots - ten year forecasts (value) |
9. | VISION IN MOBILE ROBOTICS AND AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES: THE EMERGENCE OF LIDAR |
9.1. | Vision in autonomous vehicles and mobile robotics |
9.2. | LIDAR - an overview |
9.3. | LIDAR: LIght Detection And Ranging |
9.4. | Principle of operation |
9.5. | Basic components |
9.6. | LIDAR or... LIDAR? |
9.7. | Velodyne 3D LIDAR |
9.8. | Neptec Opal |
9.9. | Scanse |
9.10. | Comparing low cost LIDAR options |
9.11. | Performance comparison of different LIDARs on the market or in development |
9.12. | Quanergy |
9.13. | M8 Specifications |
9.14. | innoviz |
9.15. | Leddar Tech solid state LIDAR |
9.16. | MIT and DARPA: Single chip LIDAR |
9.17. | Other LIDAR related products: SLAM: Simultaneous localization and mapping |
9.18. | Other LIDAR related products: 3D Flash LIDAR camera from Advanced Scientific Concepts |
9.19. | Flash LIDAR: A visualization from ASC - Continental |
9.20. | Scanning methods for outdoor LIDAR applications |
9.21. | Phased array - examples |
9.22. | Phased array - examples (2) |
9.23. | MEMS mirror scanners (1) |
9.24. | MEMS mirror scanners (2) |
9.25. | Toposens - Terabee : complementing LIDAR with ultrasound |
9.26. | Sonar - Radar - Cameras |
9.27. | Comparing LIDAR, radar and camera performance |
9.28. | Vision systems in advanced mobile robotics; logistics, retail and other applications - ten year forecasts (units, market value) |
9.29. | Ten year forecasts for AMRs (units) |
9.30. | Ten year forecasts AMRs (market value) |
9.31. | Ten year forecasts for vision in AMR (total market value) |
9.32. | Vision systems in advanced mobile robotics: Drones forecasts |
9.33. | Vision systems in mobile robotics: Fully autonomous car forecasts |
10. | OTHER OPTICAL SENSORS IN ROBOTS - HYPER- AND MULTISPECTRAL IMAGE SENSORS |
10.1. | Hyperspectral image sensors |
10.2. | Hyperspectral imaging in other applications |
10.3. | Hyperspectral imaging sensors on the market |
10.4. | Common multi-spectral sensors on the market |
10.5. | GeoVantage |
10.6. | Headwall hyperspectral cameras |
10.7. | Hyper and multispectral vision systems in agricultural robots - ten year forecasts (units, unit price, market value) |
10.8. | Ten year forecasts (units) |
10.9. | Ten year forecasts (market value) |
11. | SENSORS IN DOMESTIC ROBOTS |
11.1. | Introduction |
11.2. | Ten year forecasts (units, price, market value) |
11.3. | Ten year forecasts (number of units) |
11.4. | Ten year forecasts (average price) |
11.5. | Ten year forecasts (total market value) |
12. | FORCE SENSING IN ROBOTICS |
12.1. | Force sensing in robotics |
12.2. | EPSON piezoresistive force sensors |
12.3. | Other force sensors |
12.4. | End effector force sensing in industrial robots - ten year market forecasts (units, market value) |
12.5. | Ten year market forecasts (units) |
12.6. | Ten year market forecasts (total market value) |
12.7. | End effector force sensing in collaborative robots - ten year market forecasts (units, market value) |
12.8. | Ten year market forecasts (units) |
12.9. | Ten year market forecasts (market value) |
12.10. | Blue Danube: skins for collaborative robots |
12.11. | Bosch APAS smart skin |
12.12. | Carbon Robotics capacitive sensor |
12.13. | Force sensing approaches for collaborative robots |
12.14. | Force sensing approaches: series elastic actuators |
12.15. | Joint-force sensing and force sensing skins collaborative robots - ten year forecasts (market value) |
12.16. | Ten year forecast for collaborative robots (market value) |
12.17. | Ten year forecast for force sensing skins (market value) |
13. | MARKET FORECASTS |
13.1. | Vision systems ten year forecasts for different robots (units, market value) |
13.2. | Vision systems ten year forecasts for different robots (market value) |
13.3. | Force sensing ten year forecasts (market value) |
13.4. | Sensors for domestic robots ten year forecasts (market value) |
14. | COMPANY PROFILES |
14.1. | Bionic Robotics |
14.2. | Carbon Robotics |
14.3. | DeepField Robotics |
14.4. | Fanuc Robotics |
14.5. | iniLabs |
14.6. | OptoForce Ltd |
14.7. | Roboception |
14.8. | Universal Robots |
14.9. | Velodyne LiDAR |