Robot Operating System Market Report Growth Analysis

Updated on : Sep 18, 2024

Robot Operating System Market Size & Share

The global robot operating System market size is valued at USD 581 million in 2023 and is projected to reach USD 1,082 million by 2028, growing at a CAGR of 13.2% during the forecast period 2023-2028. The increasing adoption of robot operating system in the automotive industry, are among factors that contribute to the growth of the market.

Robot Operating System Market Forecast to 2028

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Robot Operating System Market Trends

Drivers: Rising R&D fund for industrial automation

The market’s top robot operating system providers, such as ABB (Switzerland), Clearpath Robotics (Canada), Omron Corporation (Japan),Kuka AG (Germany) among others, are continuously investing in R&D activities to balance out the supply-demand chain. To improve the quality of robots as well as develop better robot operating system, companies such as ABB and FANUC (Japan) are looking forward to investing in research and innovation. The strategies such as collaborations and acquisitions are assisting organizations offering robot operating system in expanding their geographic footprints. These business expansions of the major players are creating demand for robot operating system.

Restraints: High installation cost of low-volume production applications

Despite the high rate of adoption of robot operating system among SMEs, most of the SMEs follow the low-volume production scenario due to the presence of more than one production line. The robot operating system is an inevitable process that modifies or reconfigures industrial robots, as it is designed as per the requirements of applications. The cost of reconfiguration and reinstallation of robotic systems is high for low- volume production.

Opportunity: Increasing demand for Robotics-as-a-Service (RaaS) Model

The Robotics-as-a-Service (RaaS) model can meet the growing demand for automation across several startups and multiple cost-sensitive industries, leading to the increasing adoption rate of the RaaS model across the ROS market. It enables robot operating system providers to lease their solutions to their customers in 2 ways: robotics-as-a-cloud service or on rental. The data captured by robots across different locations can be stacked in a centrally stored cloud-based system and accessed by humans.

The RaaS model would ensure seamless data and process flow, without disrupting the existing businesses. Moreover, it would add value to organizations operating many robots, with each robot performing different tasks. On the contrary, businesses that find it difficult to invest in robots leverage the power of robotics by renting robots and subscribing to the shared software model. Manufacturing is one of the leading industries wherein new technologies, such as Internet of Things (IoT), are adopted during predictive maintenance. The RaaS model would be used to manage manual, mundane, repetitive, and hazardous tasks across multiple locations in various industries.

Challenges:  Need to safely handle industrial grade operation

Robot operating system is being used in several industrial and service applications. The robot operating system industry is growing at a rapid pace, owing to technological advancements and the integration of automation tools. The applications of robotics have been increasing, from automotive, packaging, distribution, and metalworking to inspection, mobile platforms, and human-machine interaction. However, making industrial robots safe for routine interaction with humans has been a major technological challenge, which the robotics industry has been facing for a long time.

Robot Operating System Market Map:

Autonomous Mobile robots to record a highest CAGR during the forecast period.

Autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) are robotic systems that have the capacity of navigating and operating in changing environments without constant human intervention. These robots are equipped with sensors, perception capabilities, and decision-making algorithms that enable them to perceive and interpret their surroundings, plan their actions, and navigate autonomously to perform tasks.

Robot operating system is widely used in the development of autonomous mobile robots due to its flexibility, modularity, and extensive set of tools and libraries. Few of the applications of robot operating system in autonomous mobile robots are sensing and perception, location and mapping, communication and coordination, simulation and testing among others.

Healthcare segment to showcase significant market growth during the forecast period.

Robot operating system in healthcare provides a common and open system with which hospitals can interconnect, monitor, command, and simulate thousands of robots and other devices, which are already being used in modern hospitals. Robotics improve operational efficiencies by taking over administrative or repetitive clinical tasks, such as monitoring patient vital statistics and logging patient data into the Electronic Health Record (EHR) and surgical precision.As the demand for new drugs and medicines is growing, pharmaceutical companies are continuously looking for new ways to increase productivity, leading to an increased reliance on automated equipment and robotics.

Robot operating system market in Asia Pacific estimated to grow at the fastest rate during the forecast period.

Asia Pacific is expected to have highest CAGR during the forecast period. The rising costs of labor in the Asia Pacific region caused SME industries to start integrating robots in their manufacturing processes to make operations more efficient and cost-effective, hence increase in growth rate during the forecast period.

Robot Operating System Market by Region

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Top Robot Operating System Companies - Key Market Players

In the robot operating system companies, key and emerging market players include

• ABB Ltd. (Switzerland),
• FANUC (Japan),
• KUKA AG (Germany),
• Yaskawa Electric Corporation (Japan),
• Denso (Japan),
• Microsoft (US),
• Omron Corporation (Japan),
• Universal Robotics (Denmark),
• Clearpath Robots (Canada),
• iRobot Corporation (US).

Robot Operating System Industry Report Scope 

Robot Operating System Market Highlights

This research report categorizes the market based on robot type, integration with other operating systems, application, end-user industry, and region.

Recent Developments in Robot Operating System Industry

• In March 2023, Clearpath Robotics has launched Husky Observer™, a fully integrated system designed to accelerate inspection solutions. This new configuration of the Husky will enable robotics developers and technology groups to build their inspection solutions and fast track their system development. It is fully supported in robot operating systems, and the robot can be used to program complex autonomous systems.
• In March 2022, FANUC introduced the new CRX-5iA, CRX-20iA/L and CRX-25iA collaborative robots. The latest CRX cobots complement FANUC’s existing line of CR and CRX cobots that now comprises 11 cobot model variations to handle products from 4 to 35 kg.

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