For the fifth straight year, the Robotics Business Review (RBR) has named the 50 best global companies inrobotics for 2016.
Named by the RBR editorial team, the RBR50 includes companies fromsmall laboratories to giant conglomerates. This year’s list represents organizations from three continents and twelve countries: Canada (3), China (2), Denmark (1), Germany (3), India (1), Israel (1), Japan (9), Korea (1), Switzerland (1), Taiwan (1), United Kingdom (3), and the USA (24). Last year, the RBR represented companies from three continents and eleven countries: Canada (3), Denmark (1), France (1), Germany (8), Japan (9), Korea (1), Netherlands (1), Switzerland (3), Taiwan (1), United Kingdom (3), and USA (19).
In looking at the these figures, it is notable, according to RBR, that Germany lost five companies on the list, France and the Netherlands are gone, and Switzerland is down to a single company. Three new countries made the list, however: Israel, India, and China, while the United States added five spots on the list.
Companies on the RBR50 include well-known names such as Alphabet, Inc. (Google), Amazon, iRobot, Lockheed Martin, Samsung, Toyota, and Foxxconn Technology Group, as well as other robotics companies such as ABB Robotics, EPSON Robotics, FANUC Robotics, KUKA Robotics, Rethink Robotics, Yamaha Robotics, and Yaskawa Robotics, to name a handful.
Key takeaways, according to the RBR, include:
- Japan retains nine on the list and remains the "kingpin of world robotics."
- Robotics in Europe are slumping and are in need of a recovery.
- India’s GreyOrange has arrived in a big way in logistics in Asia
- China’s robotics industry is legitimate, with Siasun (industrial robotics) and DJI (world’s biggest drone marker) representing the top of the "rising behemoth."
View the rest of thekey points from the RBR50 list.
Pictured: A vision-based robotic system automates the assembly of electrical connectors for the aerospace industry.
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