Industrial robotics surges on articulated dominance, AI-driven adaptability, and relentless APAC demand, transforming automotive stability and electronics agility while spawning new revenue in pharma, food, and recycling, energizing competitive giants and nimble innovators alike.
Chicago, May 06, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The global Industrial robotics market was valued at US$ 26.99 billion in 2024 and is expected to reach US$ 235.28 billion by 2033, growing at a CAGR of 27.2% over the course of forecast period, 2025–2033.
The International Federation of Robotics (IFR) reports that articulated robots captured approximately 64% of the 590 000 new industrial robots installed worldwide in 2023, extending a six-year streak as the preferred mechanical architecture. Their six-axis flexibility enables a wide reach envelope, high payload capacity (up to 800 kg in the latest automotive units), and repeatability below 0.02 mm, making them the default choice for complex, high-throughput tasks. Tier-one automakers in Japan, Germany, and the United States each surpassed 10 000 annual articulated-robot deployments, while China alone integrated nearly 180 000 such units—equal to the next three countries combined. This scale advantage creates a virtuous cycle of component volume discounts, further solidifying articulated systems’ cost leadership.
Simultaneously, articulated platforms are evolving into multi-purpose workhorses rather than single-task machines. End-users now expect fast tool-change couplers, built-in vision cabling, and native OPC UA connectors out of the box. Over 45% of new articulated shipments in 2024 ship with integrated force-torque sensors versus just 18% in 2020, according to Omdia. That sensory leap enables fine assembly, customized palletizing, and surface finishing—applications that were once ceded to SCARA or Cartesian models. Moreover, shrinking controller footprints mean an articulated cell occupies 30% less floor space than 2018 equivalents, freeing valuable square meters for ancillary machines. These continuous product-level improvements, layered on deep supply-chain maturity, keep articulated robots at the strategic core of the industrial robotics market.
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