Over the past few decades, robots have gone from incredibly expensive machines with limited functionalities to affordable robots that are flexible to do many works. Especially, industrial robots are highly adopted by people across the globe. Based on the latest trends in the robotics industry, industrial robots are increasingly leveraged in manufacturing hubs, setting continuous growth in advances, expansion and evolution at a rapid pace.
Owing to rapid technological advancements in robotics, the manufacturing sector has witnessed an increasing adoption of robotics engineering and technology into its production processes. Industrial robots are automatically controlled, reprogrammable and multipurpose manipulator machines. Typical applications of industrial robots include welding, painting, ironing, assembling, pick and place, palletizing, product inspection, and testing, all accomplished with high endurance, speed and precision. Industrial robots carry out tasks that are repeatable and save human labour. Moreover, industrial robots can work in dangerous and harmful environments where humans can't engage in. The United States, China, Japan, South Korea and Germany alone accounts for 70% of the total industrial robots sales value. Global investments made by the automotive industry in industrial robots have increased significantly since 2010. According to a McKinsey report, the market for industrial robotics has increased by double digits ever since 2012 and will continue its growth at least through 2021. We can't predict how exactly the market will shape in the future but can track the industrial robotics trends that will drive the transformation.
The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), also called as Industry 4.0 is radically changing how businesses, especially, industrial companies operate. The IIoT refers to the vast numbers of machines and devices or things a business uses that are now connected to the internet. There are infinite applications in the vast technology that has varied implications in the industrial robotics sector. Remarkably, smart sensors and actuators are expected to be increasingly deployed by the robots at the edge of production. Through its advanced use cases, IIoT leverages the power of real-time analytics and smart machines to take advantage of the data. One thing that makes IIoT applications stand out of the other trends in industrial robotics is its ability to communicate vital information that can be used to take business decisions accurately and in real-time.
Collaborative robots or cobots are a form of robotic automation built to work safely alongside human workers in a shared, collaborative workspace. A collaborative robot is responsible for repetitive and menial tasks which could tire humans. It also prevents industry workers by getting into critical and dangerous works. Collaborative robot's functionalities mainly differ in industrial radar compared to other sectors. Industrial collaborative robots are designed with advanced sensors and software that allow them to detect and adapt to any human intrusion into their workspace. McKinsey estimated that the number of collaborative robots will increase from 10,000 in 2017 to 100,000 in 2020.
One of the major features that the industrial robotics is looking for is a robot that can interact with the world around them. To make this long imagination come true, researchers and scientists have included advanced sensing and gripping tools into industrial robots. When combined with powerful processing capabilities, tools like force control and advanced 2-D and 3-D vision will create a kind of robotic independence and allow the robot to make decisions about what to do when it encounters the inevitable troubles that arise in everyday operation.
Industrial robots that can interact with each other regardless of human support are increasingly seen as an opportunity to fast-track manufacturing. Industrial robots are the central components of digital and networked production as part of industry 4.0. A group of researchers working in VDMA and Open Platform Communications Foundation (OPC) developed a so-called 'OPC Robotics Companion Specification.' This mechanism enables industrial robots to connect into the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT).
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