Numerous statistics suggest that the majority of companies in a variety of sectors intend to increase their use of automation and robots.
Seventy per cent of US companies are planning changes to their operations, with 37% planning to bring production back in-house and 33% looking to offshore and move their operations closer to home. ABB’s automation and robotics research was based on responses from 1,610 executives in the US and Europe.
According to Sami Atiya, head of ABB‘s discrete automation and robotics business, the growing need for flexibility and resilience in manufacturing is driving interest in offshoring and nearshoring, and consequently the desire for more automation. He emphasised the importance of robots in assisting relocation or offshoring operations, both to address supply chain challenges and to maintain the competitiveness of US companies around the world.
More than half of US companies are expanding their use of robotics and automation to address supply chain challenges and customer demand, according to a new survey by industrial automation company ABB. Forty-three per cent of respondents say they are expanding their use of robots and automation expressly to address these issues.
Robotics is becoming increasingly important in a number of sectors, including logistics, food and beverage, retail and healthcare, according to a new report from industrial automation company ABB.
THE EXPANSION OF ROBOTICS
According to PMMI, the parent company of Automation World, 84 per cent of companies that manufacture consumer packaged goods currently employ robots. According to PMMI, this percentage is expected to rise to 93% over the next five years. ABB‘s claim that robotics has left the automotive sector is backed up by research from PMMI, Automation World’s parent company, which reveals that 84 per cent of consumer packaged goods companies now employ robots on one or more of their manufacturing lines.
According to Automation World research, 83% of manufacturers want to increase their use of robots in the next two years. Only 12% of respondents say that more than 50% of their manufacturing processes currently involve the use of robots, while 29% of respondents say they do not employ any robots at all.
Robot density per 10,000 workers in North America increased by 28% in Q1 2022 compared to Q1 2021, according to the International Federation of Robotics. ABB reports higher near-term demand for robotics in Europe, where 74% of European companies indicate they will invest in robotics and automation in the next three years, compared to 62% in the US.
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