Soft Robotics Market is Expected to Grow Exponentially from 2023 to 2032

Pune, India, June 2019, MRFR Press Release/- Market Research Future has Published a Half-Cooked Research Report on the Global Soft Robotics Market.

Soft Robotics Market Overview

According to Market Research Future, the market for global soft robotics has been segmented on the basis of type, application, and region.

Soft robots are made using deformable matter such as fluids, gels, and elastomers such that they can adapt to curved and irregular surfaces and overcome the limitations of rigid robots. Soft robots are increasingly being deployed in places that require complicated and repetitive tasks to be performed with accuracy. Furthermore, the market players are adopting product launch as the key market strategy to increase their market share. For instance, In January 2019, Soft Robotics, Inc. launched an on-demand modular automation system—mGrip. This system allows users to build, validate, and install production-ready soft robotics systems for picking application.

Based on type, the market has been categorized as soft grippers, co-robots, inflated robots, wearable robots, edible robots, and others. The wearable robot segment is estimated to be the largest during the review period; however, the co-robot segment is expected to register the highest CAGR during the forecast period. The soft gripper segment is also witnessing significant development. For instance, in 2019, a group of researchers in MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory created a soft robotic origami gripper that can lift objects upto 100 times its weight.

Based on application, the market has been segmented into medical and healthcare, food and beverages, logistics, entertainment & gaming, automotive, survey & exploration, and others. The medical & healthcare segment is expected to dominate the soft robotics market during the forecast period owing to the number of gynecology, urology, orthopedic-related disorders, coupled with improvements in medical facilities across the globe. In 2019, the FDA issued a clearance for the first soft robotic system— ReStore soft exo-suit—developed for stroke therapy by ReWalk Robotics, Ltd.

Soft Robotics Market Key Players

The prominent players in the global soft robotics industry are Universal Robots A/S (Denmark), FANUC Corporation (Japan), Techman Robot ( Taiwan), ABB Ltd (Switzerland), KUKA AG (Germany), AUBO Robotics Inc. (US), Yaskawa Electric Corporation (Japan), Kawasaki (Japan), Rethink Robotics (Germany), ReWalk Robotics Ltd (Israel), RightHand Robotics Inc. (US), Soft Robotics Inc. (US), Ekso Bionics Holdings, Inc. (US), F&P Robotics AG (Switzerland), and KAWADA Robotics Corporation (Japan).

Soft Robotics Market

Regional Analysis

The global soft robotics market has been segmented, by region, into North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and the rest of the world.

North America, followed by Europe, is expected to be the largest market in the forecast period owing to the high concentration of market players and easy availability of proficient technical expertise in the region. Also, the end users in the region are the early adopters of robotics technology, which is expected to further drive the growth of the soft robotics market. However, Asia-Pacific is expected to be the fastest growing regional market owing to the growing number of automated manufacturing industries with increased throughput.