Robot Top Ten Predict: What can happen in 5 years?

With the development of embedded and cloud-based artificial intelligence (AI), advances in robotics have entered a whole new era. In the new era of Robotics 3.0, the intelligent trend will have far-reaching impact on industrial robots and service robots.

    Robots are increasingly becoming part of everyday life, from manufacturing plants to consumer sales. To meet the demand, robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies will continue to evolve, opening up an area of interest called "enabled robots". In the next five years, a new generation of robots will change the direction of many things.

    JingBingZhang, director of global robotics research at IDC, explains: "With the development of embedded and cloud-based AI, robotics has entered a new era in which robotics have ubiquitous perceptions And connectivity, network-entity convergence, autonomous functions such as cognition, decision-making, learning and adaptation, and a more humane and multi-modal interaction.This trend will be for industrial robots and service robots, including commercial and Consumer.) To stay ahead of the curve, leading robotic technology providers have embarked on developing and integrating AI capabilities into their product roadmaps. "

    Robot sales growth is strong. According to IDC's survey, spending on robots (including UAVs) and related services worldwide will increase at a CAGR of 22.8% from $ 82.5 billion in 2016 to about $ 230.7 billion in 2021. Robotic systems, system hardware, software, robotics related services, and aftermarket robotics hardware are included in this category.

    So what is the future of the robot industry, the larger development trend? John Santagate, director of research at IDC Services Robotics, shared his thoughts on key market drivers and the robotics development and deployment for the next five years.

"As technology continues to expand, robots have the ability to do more," Santagate said in the future, and will be able to perform tasks that could not be robotically executed in the future. "

    Venture capitalists (VCs) are also optimistic about this trend, investing more robot companies than ever before. According to RobotReport, in 2014, $ 340 million of VC funds contributed to 27 transactions. The following year, VC spent nearly $ 1 billion on 43 deals, up sharply from last year to nearly $ 2 billion on 128 transactions.

In the five years from 2018 to 2021, IDC made ten predictions for industrial, commercial and consumer applications robots:

Prediction 1: By 2019 robotic use will increase by one-third; it is estimated that about 60% of global 2000 high-tech manufacturers will deploy industrial robots in manufacturing operations.

Prediction 2: By 2020, 45% of newly assembled industrial robots will be equipped with at least one intelligent function such as predictive analytics, health awareness, self-diagnosis, peer learning, or self-awareness.

Prediction 3: By 2021, the emergence of intelligent robotic agents responsible for robot supervision and coordination will effectively stimulate the entire industrial robot industry and increase efficiency by 30%.

Prediction # 4: By 2021, 30% of Global2000's manufacturers will deploy CyberWorks robotic systems, resulting in a 10-20% increase in productivity.

Prediction 5: By 2020, the global market for mobile security robots will grow by almost 300%, while in enhancing human security, it is estimated that about 30% of mobile security robots will be equipped with on-board UAVs to make the necessary deployment.

Prediction # 6: By 2019, 25% of mobile robots will be deployed to include the ability to add modular components and multiple applications on the same mobile platform, resulting in a 30% increase in productivity and efficiency.

Forecast 7: By 2020, about 30% of the top 100 retailers will adopt or test robots in stores, resulting in a 20% reduction in order costs.

Prediction # 8: By 2021, 45% of mobile robot deployments will be "RaaS", providing devices that can quickly scale up and down as demand fluctuates and move robot deployments away from capital expenditures to Operating costs.

Forecast 9: Investments in software, hardware and services for deploying UAVs in the energy industry by 2020 will help to map and plan the infrastructure in oil, gas and coal mining areas and to survey and monitor thousands of acres of crops It is estimated that its output value will reach 1 billion U.S. dollars.

Prediction # 10: By 2021, the consumer robotics market will multiply. The next generation of AI-based robots will reduce their focus on physical tasks, become more involved in the teaching and interaction of family members, and begin to move into families, thereby increasing Human life quality.