Service robots can be used to automate several industries, including logistics and delivery, cleaning, agriculture, underwater exploration, food service, and social interaction. Although each application presents advantages, their stages of commercialisation vary significantly, with some being well-developed, attracting US$ billions in annual revenue, whereas others, despite their huge potential, are still emerging and may only reach full commercialisation by the end of the decade.

IDTechEx’s new report, ‘Service Robots 2026-2036: Technologies, Players and Markets’, includes emerging technologies and stages of development for each application, regulations around social robots and logistics robots, and financial impacts on the future trends. For each type of robot, potential application areas and companies are analysed. A 10-year granular market forecast is given for each category of robot, including social robots, delivery and logistics, disinfection and cleaning, agricultural, kitchen and restaurants, underwater, search and rescue, and construction robots.

Author: John Li, Technology Analyst at IDTechEx.  For more information on this report, including downloadable sample pages, please visit IDTechEx.com/