Robots Rule: AI Revs Up Factories, Doubles Installs, and Eyes $591B Future

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Listeners, welcome to Robotics Industry Insider: AI and Automation News, delivering the latest from the fast-evolving world of industrial robotics, collaborative systems, and artificial intelligence. Today, the sector stands at a pivotal moment: the International Federation of Robotics just revealed that in 2024, installations of industrial robots reached 542,000 units globally, more than doubling over the past decade and marking over 500,000 units installed annually for the fourth straight year. Asia led the charge, accounting for nearly three-quarters of global deployments, underscoring its dominance in manufacturing automation.

Despite a slight contraction in the industrial robots market revenue by 5.8 percent last year, leading research from Interact Analysis and Roland Berger projects a rebound underway, supported by new investment and the adoption of advanced AI solutions. The overall industrial automation market, according to Spherical Insights, is projected to soar from about 229 billion dollars in 2024 to nearly 591 billion dollars by 2035, growing steadily at a nine percent compound annual rate. Smart manufacturing fueled by integrated AI, Internet of Things, and big data analytics is remaking production floors into responsive, cost-efficient, and error-resistant engines of productivity.

On the technology front, collaborative robots—known for their adaptability and safety alongside human workers—are entering a new growth cycle. This is thanks in part to breakthroughs like Photoneo’s new PhoXi Gen3 3D scanner, offering next-generation precision for industrial picking and inspection. Meanwhile, companies like Pudu Robotics are redefining practical automation with AI-powered cleaning bots that are finding traction in logistics and warehousing. Strategic partnerships are also shaping the landscape: CMES Robotics and PAC Machinery have launched an automated robotic bagging system, debuting at the major PACK Expo 2025, pushing the envelope for fulfillment automation.

In practical terms, manufacturers and logistics providers should prioritize upgrading legacy equipment with AI-enabled robotics, rethink workflows for greater human-machine collaboration, and monitor the evolving regulatory environment, including safety and compliance standards discussed at leading conferences this season like the International Robot Safety Conference.

Looking ahead, rapid advances in machine learning, vision technology, and flexible automation platforms are setting the stage for increasingly autonomous factories. Expect deeper integration between AI and industrial robots, more intelligent cobots, and accelerated adoption in emerging markets, particularly Asia-Pacific. The rise in M&A activity suggests the race to combine proprietary technologies is not slowing down, and companies that invest early in robust automation infrastructure are poised to capture future efficiency and resilience.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Listeners. Welcome to Robotics Industry Insider, AI and Automation News,
delivering the latest from the fast evolving world of industrial robotics,
collaborative systems, and artificial intelligence. Today, the sector stands at
a pivotal moment. The International Federation of Robotics just revealed
that in twenty twenty four, installations of industrial robots reached

(00:21):
five hundred and forty two thousand units globally, more than
doubling over the past decade and marking over five hundred
thousand units installed annually for the fourth straight year. Asia
led the charge, accounting for nearly three quarters of global deployments,
underscoring its dominance and manufacturing automation. Despite a slight contraction
in the industrial robots market revenue by five point eight

(00:43):
per cent last year, leading research from Interact Analysis and
Roland Berger projects a rebound underway, supported by new investment
and the adoption of advanced AI solutions. The overall industrial
automation market, according to Spiraical Insights, is projected to soar
from about two hundred twenty nine billion dollars in twenty
twenty four to nearly five hundred and ninety one billion

(01:05):
dollars by twenty thirty five, growing steadily at a nine
percent compound annual rate. Smart manufacturing, fueled by integrated AI,
Internet of Things and big data analytics, is remaking production
floors into responsive, cost efficient, and error resistant engines of productivity.
On the technology front, collaborative robots, known for their adaptability

(01:28):
and safety, alongside human workers, are entering a new growth cycle.
This is thanks in part to break throughs like Photoneo's
new Foxcgen three three D scanner, offering next generation precision
for industrial picking and inspection. Meanwhile, companies like Pudu Robotics
are redefining practical automation with AI powered cleaning bots that

(01:51):
are finding traction in logistics and warehousing. Strategic partnerships are
also shaping the landscape. C Mass Robotics and Pack Machinery
have launched an automated robotic bagging system debuting at the
major Pack Expo twenty twenty five, pushing the envelope for
fulfillment automation. In practical terms, manufacturers and logistics providers should

(02:14):
prioritize upgrading legacy equipment with AI enabled robotics, rethink workflows
for greater human machine collaboration and monitor the evolving regulatory environment,
including safety and compliance standards discussed at leading conferences this season,
like the International Robot Safety Conference. Looking Ahead, rapid advances

(02:34):
in machine learning, vision technology, and flexible automation platforms are
setting the stage for increasingly autonomous factories. Expect deeper integration
between AI and industrial robots, more intelligent cobots, and accelerated
adoption in emerging markets, particularly Aja Pacific. The rise in
M and A activity suggests the race to combine proprietary

(02:56):
technologies is not slowing down, and companies that invest early
in robust automation infrastructure are poised to capture future efficiency
and resilience. Thanks for tuning into robotics Industry Insider, be
sure to join us next week for more essential news
and insights. This has been a quiet please production. For
more visit Quiet please dot ai