Robotic software platform: Key market research findings
- The market is driven by the increasing adoption of robots across various industries
- APAC dominated the market geographically
- Key vendors—ABB, Fanuc, KUKA, iRobot, Cyberbotics, Skilligent, and The Orocos Project
Technavio’s market research analysts predict the global robotic software platforms market to grow at a CAGR of more than 4% between 2016 and 2020. This rise in the deployment of robots across various verticals such as manufacturing, healthcare, and research organizations is the primary driver for this market. The demand for robotic software platforms is scaling up as they enable industries to reprogram the machines frequently, modify, and test their robots to suit multiple application demands. In 2015, the APAC region dominated the global robotic software platforms market with a 66% stake in the overall market share. The market is booming in this region as many manufacturers are adopting robots in their plants to increase productivity and meet the demands put forth by industries such as automotive and healthcare. Government orders and offers that encourage local robotics industry to boost exports, loans at low interest and other incentives for robotic factories, and rising labor wages are some of the factors that will contribute to growth in the market in this region in the coming years.
The new market research report from Technavio presents a breakdown and analysis of the robotic software platforms segments by type of vendors.
“The emergence of self-configurable and transformer robots is the latest trend in the robotic software platforms market globally. A self-configurable modular robot is created by connecting a number of modules with memory units and CPUs. These machines can change shapes depending on the task at hand, and each module can communicate with the others to make decisions before performing a task. A transformer robot uses the same structure to make various forms and can transform into two different shapes even though one central unit controls all components,” says Bharath Kanniappan, Lead Analyst, Industrial Automation, Technavio Research.
The key vendors in the global robotic software platforms market include ABB, Fanuc, KUKA, iRobot, Cyberbotics, Skilligent, and The Orocos Project. The global robotic software platforms market consists of well-established OEMs that offer their software packages and third party vendors that sell generic software packages. The software offered by third party vendors are preferred by researchers and academicians, who wish to experiment and research on robots in the virtual world of simulation. These software packages are gaining popularity among industrial manufacturers as they offer multi-platform operability and multi-language features.
A more detailed analysis is available in the Technavio report, Global Robotic Software Platforms Market 2016-2020.
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