Cobots market to grow significantly over next five years

Posted on 4 May 2017 by Jonny Williamson

The global market for collaborative robots (cobots) is expected to grow by more than 40% each year over the coming five years, according to the latest research.

Rethink Robotics’ cobot, ‘Sawyer’ can be trained by demonstration, using context instead of coordinates – image courtesy of Rethink Robotics. The automotive sector is tipped to experience the greatest level of cobots growth, revealed the study by Research and Markets Compared with more traditional industrial robots, cobots are significantly smaller, smarter,…

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