Robotics in Agriculture - Thematic Research
Summary
Robots are machines capable of carrying out a series of complex tasks automatically, either programmed by a computer or using artificial intelligence (AI). According to GlobalData forecasts, the industry was worth $63 billion in 2022, and by 2030, it will have grown at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 17% to $218 billion. Drones will be one of the fastest-growing robotics segments, with a CAGR of 21% between 2022 and 2030.
Scope
This report is a thematic brief, which identifies those companies most likely to succeed in a world filled with disruptive threats. Inside, we predict how each theme will evolve and identify the leading and disrupting companies.
This report covers the robotics themes.
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- Executive Summary
- Players
- Agriculture Challenges
- The Green Revolution’s second act
- The Impact of Robotics on Agriculture
- How robotics can help address the challenge of climate change
- How robotics can help address the challenge of disease
- How robotics can alleviate the pressures of limited resources
- How robotics can help address the challenge of spoilage and wastage
- Case Studies
- Dogtooth has automated the lifecycle of strawberries from growth to supermarket
- FarmWise is cultivating the market for reliable precision weeding
- Burro is supporting farmers by taking the load off during harvesting
- Robotics Timeline
- Market Size and Growth Forecasts
- Industrial robots will grow at a CAGR of 10% between 2022 and 2030
- Service robots will be the growth engine of robotics
- An increasingly varied landscape
- Signals
- M&A trends
- Patent trends
- Company filing trends
- Hiring trends
- Robotics Value Chain
- Robot manufacturing
- Caged industrial robots
- Industrial co-bots
- Logistics robots (excluding drones)
- Medical robots
- Exoskeletons
- Consumer robots
- Drones
- Inspection, cleaning, and maintenance robots
- Field robots
- Defense and security robots (excluding drones)
- Hardware components
- Precision mechanical parts
- Semiconductors
- Software components
- Robotic intelligence
- Robotics as a service
- Cloud robotics
- Companies
- Leading robotics adopters in agriculture
- Leading robotics vendors
- Specialist robotics vendors in agriculture
- Glossary
- Further Reading
- GlobalData reports
- Our Thematic Research Methodology
- About GlobalData
- Contact Us
- List of Tables
- Table 1: Key challenges currently facing the agriculture sector.
- Table 2: Key M&A transactions associated with the robotics theme since January 2021
- Table 3: Leading robotics adopters in agriculture
- Table 4: Leading robotics vendors
- Table 5: Specialist robotics vendors in agriculture
- Table 6: Glossary
- Table 7: GlobalData reports
- List of Figures
- Figure 1: Key players in the robotics value chain
- Figure 2: The global agricultural workforce has consistently declined over the decades
- Figure 3: Robotic intelligence, industrial co-bots, and inspection robots are key investment areas
- Figure 4: Solfintec’s Solix robot reduces soil erosion
- Figure 5: Cornell’s is monitoring diseases on vineyards
- Figure 6: Seasony is automating vertical farming with Watney
- Figure 7: Dogtooth’s robot picks 200kg of strawberries a day
- Figure 8: FarmWise can recognize over twenty crop patterns
- Figure 9: Burro is supporting, not replacing, farm labor
- Figure 10: The robotics story
- Figure 11: The robotics industry will grow at a CAGR of 17% between 2022 and 2030
- Figure 12: The industrial robotics market will be worth $45.1 billion by 2030
- Figure 13: The service robots market will be worth $172.4 billion in 2030
- Figure 14: Exoskeletons are the fastest-growing robotics category
- Figure 15: Patents related to drones were the most filed in the agriculture sector between 2019 and 2023
- Figure 16: The APAC region dominates agri-related technology innovations
- Figure 17: Agricultural companies frequently mention drones and robotics
- Figure 18: The number of robotics-related job vacancies in the agricultural sector peaked in 2022
- Figure 19: The robotics value chain
- Figure 20: Caged industrial robots
- Figure 21: Industrial co-bots
- Figure 22: Delivery robots & Warehouse robots
- Figure 23: Logistics robots
- Figure 24: Medical robots
- Figure 25: An example of a surgical robot
- Figure 26: An example of a care robot
- Figure 27: Medical exoskeleton & Walking assist devices
- Figure 28: Exoskeletons
- Figure 29: Consumer robots
- Figure 30: Drones
- Figure 31: Consumer drone & Military drone
- Figure 32: Inspection robot
- Figure 33: Inspection, cleaning, and maintenance robots
- Figure 34: An agribot: a field robot used in agriculture & Field robots in space exploration
- Figure 35: Field robots
- Figure 36: Explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) robot & Unmanned surface vessel (USV)
- Figure 37: Defense and security robots (excluding drones)
- Figure 38: Precision mechanical parts
- Figure 39: Semiconductors
- Figure 40: Robotic intelligence
- Figure 41: Cloud robotics
- Figure 42: Our five-step approach for generating a sector scorecard
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