Robotics in Europe
Disruptive innovations and Convergences of the ecosystem at large to accelerate the emergence
Industrial Robotics
- European market figures 2011
- Unequally distributed in Europe
- To experience disruptive innovations
- Potential growth through SME’s automation
Professional Service Robotics
- Niche markets with European excellence
- Field robotics, Logistics, Medical
- Energy savings
Personal Service Robotics
- Domestic tasks dominated by USA
- Entertainment robots come from Asia and Europe
Industrial Robotics in Europe
Market data for 2011
2011: a peak year after the crisis interruption
- Worldwide industrial robot sales value
US$ 8,5 Billion in 2011
US$ 25,5 Billion including software, engineering, etc.
- Europe represents almost 1/3 of industrial robotics worldwide
- Asia is still the worldwide biggest market
Japan and Korea are yet uncontested leaders
China will become from far the largest robot market in the world if robot installations dynamic growth is continued and/or if Foxconn achieves its goal
- USA experienced the highest growth rate
+53% in units
Modernization of the production facilities is gaining momentum
US President Obama is supporting industry automation & robotics
- In Europe, almost 44.000 industrial robots sold in 2011
43% growth rate in units
Germany represents 45% of the total supply to Europe
France robot purchase increased by 49%
Recovery of Italy and Spain is on its way, but slower
Central & Eastern Europe sales surged by 89%
Industrial robotics unequally distributed in europe
- Top 4 countries in robot density : Germany, Italy Sweden and Finland.
- Automotive market is leading the industrial robotics applications
- Potential in other industries such as metal & machinery, food and beverage, electronics.
Industrial robotics in Europe is dominated by Germany
Perspectives
growth rate depends on the economic situation
Industrial robotics adapted to SMEs
Disruptive innovations to challenge the market place
Continued increase with lower growth rate due to weak global economic situation
- Growth rate forecasted at about 5% per year for 2012 through to 2015
- Sales increase driven by the automotive industry and electronics
- Highest growth rate to be from the USA, China and BRIC countries + Japan in its reconstruction effort.
Reindustrialization of western countries through robotics in SMEs
- Cobotics Supply of more easy-to-use collaborative robots
Understanding human-like instructions
Human-aware and space sharing
Safe and productive, modular plug and produce
Innovative Start-ups to boost growth of Industrial robotics in Europe
- A few very large companies – Less than 30
- Kuka (Germany)
- Schunk (Germany)
- ABB (Sweden)
- Staubli (Switzerland)
- Robo Group – Tek (Israel)
- Thales (France)
- Eca-robotique (France)
- A large number of small firms – more than 1000
- Robosoft (France)
- Bluebotics (Switzerland)
- Universal robots (Denmark)
- Robsys (France)…
European industrial robotics Strengths and Challenges
- European strengths
- World class Research labs
- Innovative SMEs
- Major Worldwide Manufacturers
- Strong software skills
- Active cooperation (clusters, federations, international partnerships)
- European challenges
- Overcoming the Valley of Death
- Increasing awareness and capital availability
- Cultural distrust of robots
- Global opportunities
- New segments and applications
Service Robotics in Europe
Professional and Personal services robotics Market data for 2011
European excellence
Key Success Factors
Service robotics multiple fields of applications
- Professional service robotics
- « Field » Robotics Agriculture, mines, forestry, breeding, space
- Construction & demolition Building, roads, bridges…
- Inspection & maintenance Plants, sub-marine inspection, pipelines, …
- Logistic Warehouse Picking, Goods transportation…
- Medical & Health Surgery, diagnostic, re-education… assistance to people
- Transportation Autonomous Vehicles, Automatic trains, …
- Representation Robots Waiter Robots, Guide robots, Tour Robots…
- City Services Fireman, police officer, information
- Personal service robotics
- Home automation
- Personal assistance robots : Assistance to senior at home, well-being, E-Health- Domestic Robots : Security, surveillance, internet, « tasks » robots
- Education : Robotic Kits, Research, Labs, Training, coach…
- Entertainment : Toys, leisure parks, soccer bots, social robots,… Mainstream High Tech & electronic
8% growth rate - below potential and expectations
- Worldwide Service robot sales value
US$ 3.6 billion in 2011 for professional use
6% growth rate for professional service robotics
US$ 0,636 Billion in 2011 for personal use
20% growth rate for personal service robotics
Europe is a leading manufacturer of professional service robotics
- Three Major professional service robotics fields where Europe is a leading manufacturer
- Field Robotics
- Logistics
- Construction & demolition
Europe: Zoom on field robotics
- Field Robotics represent a third of professional service robots sold in 2011 (in units)
- Success story in milking robots
- Agriculture automation is the subject of many researches and products’ development (Sowing, weeding, spraying, harvesting, ,…) and is forecasted for exponential growth
- Main European players
Amazone Werke (Germany)
In Mach (Germany)
BA Systems (France)
DeLaval (Sweden)
Fullwood (UK)
Insentec (Netherlands)
Lely (Netherlands)
GEA Farm Technologies (Germany)
European robots in every segment
Medical Robotics
- Elekta (Sweden)
- FreeHand 2010 (UK)
- Argo Medical Technologies (Israel)
- LIST-CEA (France)
- Hocoma AG (Switzerland)
- Reha-Stim (Germany)
- Robosoft (France)
- Neurorobotics (UK)
- Shadow Robot (UK)
Inspection & Maintenance
- OC Robotics (UK),
- QinetiQ (UK)
- Telerob (Germany)
- ProKasro Mechatronik (Ger)
Logistics robots
- BA Systemes (France)
- BlueBotics (Switzerland)
- Egemin (Belgium)
- E&K Automation (Germany)
- Euromaint (Sweden)
- Frog Navigation Systems (Netherlands)
- Neobotix (Germany)
- MLR Systeme (Germany)
- SNOX Engineering Group NV (Belgium)
- DPM (Germany)
The energy saving robotics systems: Major thema for Europe
- Robotics intelligent distributed systems
- a potential solution for energy savings
- From concentrated production to distributed production with renewable energies
- Smart Grid, M2M, Home automation, Internet of things, Cloud robotics.
- Convergences
- between Energy and ICT
Jeremy Rifkin = third industrial revolution
Network production and distribution
- Between Automotive and Household appliances makers and Home robotics automation
- Between Consumer electronics at large and robotics
- Europe should be a major player in that field
Zoom on French Robotics Research
60 laboratories and 1000 researchers in France dedicated to robotics
French service robotics Strengths and Challenges
European Service robotics key success factors
European strengths
- World class Research labs
- Innovative SMEs
- Strong software skills
- Niche B to B market leadership
- Large home market with its 26 countries
European challenges
- Coming out of the labs and release commercial products
- Get venture capital for disruptive innovations of the start-ups
- Get awareness to remove distrust in robots
KEY SUCCESS FACTORS
- Design geared towards value in use – customer centric design, not technology focused
- Funding for innovative SMEs – Crowd-funding, Capital ventures
- Gathering the ecosystem at large and applying the convergences
