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North American automakers pulled again in robotic orders final yr. Supply: A3
After two years of file gross sales, North American robotic orders declined by 30% in 2023, mentioned the newest report from the Affiliation for Advancing Automation, or A3. The group mentioned it expects the slowdown, significantly in automotive manufacturing, to proceed till the second half of 2024.
“Whereas robotic gross sales naturally ebb and circulate, the return to extra typical robotic gross sales after the final two file years can probably be attributed to a couple apparent points: a gradual U.S. economic system, greater rates of interest, and even the over-purchasing of robots in 2022 from provide chain issues,” mentioned Jeff Burnstein, president of A3, in a launch.
“We’ve seen a slowdown within the manufacturing of digital automobiles this yr, together with fewer new distribution facilities, each probably lowering the demand for robots,” he added. “From what we’re listening to in our member surveys and at latest occasions, nonetheless, optimism is robust for progress, probably selecting up within the second half of the yr. In actual fact, we anticipate file numbers at our Automate Present in Might as extra corporations put together for brand spanking new automation tasks.”
Each automotive, non-automotive robotic orders dip
In response to A3, North American corporations bought 31,159 robots in 2023, in contrast with 44,196 ordered in 2022 and 39,708 in 2021. These 2023 robotic orders had been divided virtually equally amongst automotive (15,723 robots offered) and non-automotive corporations (15,436 robots offered). This represented a 34% drop in gross sales to automotive OEMs and automotive suppliers over 2022 and a 25% whole lower in all different industries.
The strongest demand for robots from non-automotive corporations got here from the steel trade, adopted by semiconductor and electronics/photonics; meals and shopper items; life sciences, pharmaceutical, and biomedical; plastics and rubber, and others, mentioned A3.
Whereas every of those industries confirmed an total decline in contrast with 2022, the final three months of the yr noticed a rise of 20% in automotive –each OEM and elements — and metals, electronics, plastics, and the “all different industries” class over Q3 2023. The “all different industries” class contains corporations in areas corresponding to building, hospitality, and agriculture, that are newer to robotics, mentioned A3.
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A3 is optimistic for late 2024
“Whereas robotic gross sales had been down over the yr, 2023 ended with each a rise over the earlier quarter and an almost equal variety of gross sales from automotive and non-automotive corporations,” famous Burnstein. “Each are promising indicators that extra industries have gotten more and more snug with automation total.”
“Whereas we count on to see automotive orders rise once more, there’s little doubt that orders will enhance from all non-automotive industries as they acknowledge how robots may help them overcome their distinctive challenges,” he mentioned.
Automate expects extra attendees
The Affiliation for Advancing Automation’s members embrace greater than 1,280 producers, element suppliers, methods integrators, finish customers, educational establishments, analysis teams, and consulting companies worldwide. The Ann Arbor, Mich.-based group mentioned its mission is to be a world advocate for the advantages of automating.
A3 will present the newest applied sciences at Automate in Chicago from Might 6 to 9, 2024. It’s going to characteristic greater than 750 exhibitors of every thing from robotics and movement management to machine imaginative and prescient and synthetic intelligence for quite a lot of industries and functions.
Along with Automate, A3 will host occasions together with the Worldwide Robotic Security Convention from Oct. 1 to three in Cincinnati; the Autonomous Cell Robotic & Logistics Convention from Oct. 8 to 10 in Memphis, Tenn.; and the A3 Enterprise Discussion board on Jan. 20 to 22, 2025 in Orlando, Fla.