Cobot Companies You Should KnowCobot Companies You Should Know

Cobots are getting deployed at a growing rate as their capabilities offer greater automation opportunities.

Rob Spiegel

March 25, 2022

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Cobot growth continues even through an uncertain economy. According to the Cobot Report, the market for collaborative robots will grow to $8 billion by 2030. The report notes that “despite the challenges facing the wider manufacturing industry during the COVID-19 pandemic, collaborative robots continue to attract attention and investment.”

Cobots have become an easy-to-deploy form of automation. They are less expensive than many other forms of automation, they are adaptable, and they can be re-deployed quickly. In a manufacturing world stymied by labor shortages, the cobot is looking increasingly attractive.

Here’s a collection of cobot companies that are filling the needs of large and small manufacturers.

About the Author

Rob Spiegel

Rob Spiegel serves as a senior editor for Design News. He started with Design News in 2002 as a freelancer covering sustainability issues, including the transistion in electronic components to RoHS compliance. Rob was hired by Design News as senior editor in 2011 to cover automation, manufacturing, 3D printing, robotics, AI, and more.

Prior to his work with Design News, Rob worked as a senior editor for Electronic News and Ecommerce Business. He served as contributing editolr to Automation World for eight years, and he has contributed to Supply Chain Management Review, Logistics Management, Ecommerce Times, and many other trade publications. He is the author of six books on small business and internet commerce, inclluding Net Strategy: Charting the Digital Course for Your Company's Growth.

He has been published in magazines that range from Rolling Stone to True Confessions.

Rob has won a number of awards for his technolloghy coverage, including a Maggy Award for a Design News article on the Jeep Cherokee hacking, and a Launch Team award for Ecommerce Business. Rob has also won awards for his leadership postions in the American Marketing Association and SouthWest Writers.

Before covering technology, Rob spent 10 years as publisher and owner of Chile Pepper Magazine, a national consumer food publication. He has published hundreds of poems and scores of short stories in national publications.

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