Robotics Enablement: Installing Robots in the Food Supply Chain

Robotics Enablement: Installing Robots in the Food Supply Chain

The report “Robotics Enablement: Installing Robots in the Food Supply Chain” is approximately 5,000 words (30 pages). This report sheds light on robotics, primarily to inform policymakers of potential courses of action and to highlight opportunities for investors.

“Robotics enablement” is an underexplored topic. Robots still seem fantastical to the public as well as many policymakers, partly because industrial uses often happen in distant or limited-access environments, while military-funded projects require secrecy. However, the potential benefits are vast, especially for the global food supply chain.

This analysis breaks down the food supply chain and calls attention to current or potential robotic deployments at each stage. Information has been curated and presented through the lens of public policy. Insights are carefully organized and creatively visualized.

This report functions as a stakeholder engagement tool, allowing the reader to zoom out and contemplate different forms of robotics enablement, from policies to platforms, as well as robotics use cases. Automation won’t happen automatically. By directing attention to corporate maneuvering and political considerations, including data and national security risks, this report ensures that those in public service can make well-informed decisions when helping to advance technological change.

A section on the global food supply chain underscores the relevance of robotics to public policy and government bodies or NGOs. Since food demand will never be satiated, this thematic analysis also hints at the growth potential for investors in AgTech.

This qualitative research provides a useful starting point for conversations and change-making, supported by reliable data and sociopolitical context.

The report also surfaces over 30 quantitative insights within its strategically-oriented, highly qualitative structure. This includes data visualizations that identify enabling factors, quantify opportunities, and benchmark technological progress.

METHODOLOGY
The publisher excels at identifying the strategies and patterns within complex data, gathered through exhaustive research. This process includes publicly available sources, such as annual reports, academic journals, consumer surveys, trade publications, industry symposia, and podcasts, along with interviews and inputs from a wide network of market experts and internal knowledge. Strategic perspectives are leveraged from across the value chain and from relevant tech vendors causing disruptions or reconfigurations in markets.

Information is filtered and validated through this lens of expertise and scrutiny, or contextualized to expose differences in results and industry disagreements. Perceptions of current trends, as reflected in reporting, often translate into actions and investments with consequences. The many hyperlinks included throughout this report help to ensure that important figures, strategic statements, and other market characterizations are easily and fully traceable.

All of this analysis is delivered within an actionable framework that outlines best practices, proposes innovations or adaptations, and extracts insights from case studies. Infographics and imagery are used to express key concepts and enliven this comprehensive overview where appropriate.

COMPANIES MENTIONED
A selection of companies mentioned in this report includes:
• ABB Robotics
• Cleveron
• Harvest CROO Robotics
• Hitachi
• Waste Robotics