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Welcome to the presentation of

World Robotics 2022

#WorldRobotics

For you on the panel

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Marina Bill

IFR President

Global Head Marketing

& Sales, ABB Robotics

Dr. Christopher Müller

Director Statistical Dpt.

International Federation

of Robotics

Dr. Werner Kraus

Chair IFR Service Robot

Group

Head of Dpt. Robot &

Assistive Systems,

Fraunhofer IPA

Dr. Susanne Bieller

General Secretary

International Federation

of Robotics

 Professional non-profit organization

 Established in 1987

 Communication and networking platform

 About 90 members

 National robotics associations, R&D institutes, robot suppliers,

integrators

 Over 2000 organizations represented indirectly

International Federation of Robotics

Who we are

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Our members

NATIONAL

ASSOCIATIONS

INDUSTRIAL ROBOT

MANUFACTURERS

COMPONENT SUPPLIERS, INTEGRATORS,

ERVICE ROBOT MANUFACTURERS

R&D

NSTITUTES

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Three pillars of IFR activities

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 “Robot” defined by International Standards Organization ISO

 No robots:

software (“bots”, AI, Robotic Process Automation -RPA)

remote-controlled drones, UAV, UGV, UUV

voice assistants

autonomous cars

ATMs, smart washing machines, etc.

What is a robot – and what is not?

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Image: Photoneo

Industrial robots

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Two types of robots

Service robots

Image: Dürr Image: Fourier Intelligence

Presentation of World Robotics 2022

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Industrial robots - top findings

2021: Robot installations hit new record level

“The automation booster ignited”

Strong recovery from the pandemic year

New robots

 517,000 units (+31%)

 highest number in history

 CAGR 2016-2021: +11%

Robot stock

 3.5 million units (+15%)

 CAGR 2016-2021: +14%

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Half a million limit broken in 2021

+11%

+31%

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3 million industrial robots operating in factories around the world

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+15%

+14%

Electronics is major customer of industrial robots

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+24%

+42%

+45%

+29%

+18%

Handling is most important application with 44% share

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+36%

+38%

+24%

+1%

+28%

+37%

Collaborative robots steadily growing their market share

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+50%

Strong growth in all regions

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China increases its lead

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Source: World Robotics 2022

+51%

+22%

+14%

+2%

+6%

+65%

+31%

+11%

+61%

+54%

+66%

+36%

-35%

+1%

+56%

China now installs more industrial robots per year than the rest of the world taken together

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China multiplied its annual installations by more than factor 11 in a decade

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+51%

+23%

China‘s electronics industry is the main customer

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+38%

+97%

+55%

+22%

+14%

-15%

Japan recovers strongly – third highest installation count ever recorded

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+22%

+4%

Japan‘s electronics and automotive industry demand high quantities

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+21%

+20%

+15%

-16%

+101%

-9%

Second highest level ever recorded in the United States

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+14%

+2%

US General Industry driving growth

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-7%

+66%

+30%

+25%

-23%

Robot demand in Korea moving sideways

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+2%

-6%

Robot demand from the Korean electronics industry down by 10%

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-10%

+5%

-47%

+70%

-9%

Demand for industrial robots in Germany growing slowly

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+6%

+3%

Automotive is still the major customer in Germany

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-7%

+33%

-9%

+49%

+10%

+15%

Trends and Forecast

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Excellent growth prospects for 2022

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304

400

423

391

394

517

570

614

653

690

2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022* 2023* 2024* 2025*

'000 of units

Annual installations of industrial robots 2016-2021 and 2022*-2025*

*forecast

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+10%

+31%

Forecast

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Short-term market determinants

 Macroeconomic headwinds

 High inflation in the Americas and Europe

 Tightening of monetary policy

 Slowdown of Chinese economy

 Geopolitical tensions leading to uncertainty

 Covid-19 restrictions still hamper business activities

 Travel restrictions / quarantine requirements

 Local outbreaks interrupt supply chains

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Short-term market determinants

 Full order books

 Strong order intake in 2022

 Scarcity of raw materials and intermediate

products

 Transportation challenge

 Longer lead times

 Growing order backlog

 Continued demand from electronics

industry

 Political support

 Ongoing government incentives (e.g.

“NextGenerationEU”)

 Ambitious targets force automotive industry to

invest

 100% electric vehicles in EU by 2035

 50% New Energy Vehicles in China by 2035

 Labor scarcity in many developed economies

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Market trends

 Re- and nearshoring of production

 Securing supply chains

 Increasing resilience and flexibility (logistics, politics)

 “Democratizing” robotics

 Low-cost robotics opens up new customer segments

 Easy setup and installation (out-of-the-box solutions)

 New distribution channels

 Ongoing trend to high mix-low volume production

 Growing demand for highly customized products

 Fully digitalized production from order intake to delivery.

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Technological trends

 Sustainable development

 Reducing the carbon footprint of production

 Responsible industrialization

 Contributing to the accessibility/availability of renewable energies

 Advancements in adjacent technologies

 Vision and spacial awareness technologies

 New software and end effectors for a diversified range of tasks

 AI offering new applications

 Human-robot collaboration steadily developing

 Expanding product range with higher payloads and longer reach

 Business ecosystems & one-stop shops ease the deployment

 Ease of use is a driver for the use of cobots

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Long-term Growth Driver:

Demographic change

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• Low birth rates (< 2.1 children per woman) and babyboom generation going to retire

• Growing need for elderly care

• Situation similar in major economies

 Massive labor shortage to be expected

ChinaJapan

Source: United Nations

Germany

2020

2050

 Intralogistics

 in factories and e-commerce

 Professional Cleaning

 Inspection and Maintenance

 Hospitality

 Agriculture

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Labor Shortage beyond the

Manufacturing Industry

Source: Enegry Robotics, PAL Robotics

Source: FarmDroid, DeLaval

Megatrends

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What's next?

Glyphosat ban

worldwide

15 mn health care

workers missing

worldwide by 2030

Worldwide housing crisis -

impacting 1.6 billion people

by 2025

Building square

footage +39% by 2050

in the US

24% of global retail sales

online by 2026

WHO

Worldbank

Health Care Weekly

Statista

Service robots – top findings

2021: Continuous growth

New professional service robots*

 121,000 units (+37%)

New consumer service robots

 19 million units (+9%)

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*All numbers based on a sample of 229 companies and 2 association reports

Top 6 application areas for professional service robots

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Hospitality

Medical/

Healthcare

Agriculture

Professional

Cleaning

Transportation

& Logistics

8.0k units,

+6%

49.5k units,

+45%

14.8k units,

+23%

5.5k units,

+21%

12.6k units,

+31%

20.0k units,

+85%

Maintenance

and inspection

State of the art

Future trend

Transportation & Logistics

49.5k units,

+45%

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State of the art

Future trend

Hospitality

20.0k units,

+85%

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State of the art

Future trend

Medical/Healthcare

14.8k units,

+23%

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State of the art

Future trend

Professional Cleaning

12.6k units,

+31%

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State of the art

Future trend

Agriculture

8.0k units,

+6%

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State of the art

Future trend

Maintenance and inspection

5.5k units,

+21%

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Main professional applications

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The United States is home of most service robot suppliers

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2013-2016: baby boom years for

service robotics

12% Start-ups

More than 1,000 service robot suppliers worldwide – start-ups becoming mature

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80% of service robot supplier are small-medium sized enterprises (SME with <=500 employees)

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Outlook

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 Lack of skilled staff/

Demographic change

 New business models:

Robots-as-a-Service

 Technology advances and AI are opening up new use

cases and improves performance in existing ones

Thank you for your attention.

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