This data-file profiles a dozen leading industrial robotics companies. The top five producers account for 60% of the global market, led by companies in Japan and Europe. Although China now comprises half of all industrial robot deployments, and thus Chinese companies are entering the robotics space.
Industrial robotics companies deploy solutions to improve the speed, accuracy and safety of manufacturing. SCARA stands for Selective Compliance Articulated Robot Arms, which usually have 2-5 degrees of freedom, for simple pick-n-place operations on production lines. Articulated robots with 6-7 degrees of freedom are capable of more complex tasks.
There is a sense that the rise of AI, machine vision, sensors and trade tensions will accelerate industrial robotics, as the capabilities of systems rise, while there is more demand to re-shore supply chains.
We have screened a dozen leading companies producing these articulated robots in this data-file, noting when they were founded, where they are based, employee counts, patent counts, revenues, exposure to robotics and thus total robotics revenues.
There are also companies developing Cartesian Robots and Humanoid Robots, but these are not included in the data-file.
The largest industrial robotics companies globally include Japan’s FANUC and Sweden/Switzerland’s ABB. There are companies with greater specialization.
The robotics industry is concentrated, as the industrial robotics market is worth $18bn pa in 2024, while the top five companies account for 60% of this total. In 6-7 joint articulated robot arms, the top five control 65% of the market. While in the average supply chain, the top five companies typically have c50% market share.
Chinese companies are also entering. China is, after all, the world’s largest end market for industrial robots, absorbing half of the global market in 2024. China also has almost 500 robots per 10,000 manufacturing sector workers, which is second only to Korea and Singapore, according to data from the International Federation of Robotics.
Full profiles on a dozen robotics companies are in the data-file.