Advancing Automation: IDTechEx Research the Continued Rise of the Robotics Industry Over the Next Decade

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and Polymer Additive Manufacturing.

This industry-wide movement comes through the increased awareness that the entire 3D printing workflow needs optimization and incremental improvement to become something more than a niche manufacturing technique. Advancing automation within the AM process acts as a key enabler of growth in 3D printing. While 3D printers are inherently automated, almost all the other aspects of 3D printing production, from part design to print preparation, support removal to quality assurance, are often disconnected from each other and labor intensive, limiting AM's productivity and its potential in higher volume applications.

In recognition of these difficulties, the industry is looking to see how every step can be better integrated and automated to create a well-connected production environment. This was seen clearly in the product showcases at Formnext and RAPID+TCT; any attendee walking the exhibition floors could find post-processing machines capable of cleaning hundreds of parts, AGVs moving parts from step to step, or AI-enabled software simplifying part design and quality assurance. It can also be seen in the partnerships announced in the AM industry daily, as companies move away from closed supply chains into open collaborations to create a robust, interconnected network of complementary products around their systems. This emphasis on automating and integrating additive manufacturing production lines will mature the industry to move out of niche areas into valuable, higher-volume applications. The latter application areas will fuel the 3D printing industry's growth into a $41 billion market by 2033, as forecast by IDTechEx in "3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing 2023-2033: Technology and Market Outlook".

For the full IDTechEx robotics research portfolio please visit www.IDTechEx.com/Research/Robotics, and for the 3D printing/additive manufacturing portfolio please see www.IDTechEx.com/Research/3D. IDTechEx also offers expert-led data on these and other related technologies as part of a market intelligence subscription – visit www.IDTechEx.com/Subscriptions to find out more.

This article is from "Technology Innovations Outlook 2024-2034", a complimentary magazine of analyst-written articles by IDTechEx providing insights into a number of areas of technology innovation, assessing the landscape now and giving you the outlook for the next decade. You can read the magazine in full at www.IDTechEx.com/Magazine.

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