Today I like to share an interesting survey and report from Germany’s Fraunhofer IML Institute.
The report is focussed on the logistics industry – not on the semiconductor industry – but the main trends should eventually apply also to the high tech and cleanroom space.
Interesting side topic is that the bi-pedal characteristic for most of the survey participants is not of importance at all.
I feel like this is similar true for the high tech industry – with one specific exception: for automation projects where overhead solutions or classical ground based AMR are to big – the humanoid form factor might be the main argument since it will finally enable transport and handling automation in these spaces.
The report features a great overview on current robot vendors – check it out.
BIG THANK YOU to the Fraunhofer team for the approval to feature their report in my blog !
More about Fraunhofer IML: LINK
Here is the full report:
Factory Physics and Automation blog 