**The robotics and automation industry in Germany is benefiting from a boom in demand, according to industry association VDMA.**
In the first four months of 2022, order intake increased by 38 percent year-on-year. The dynamic market development had already been noticeable with the results for 2021, in which industry turnover rose by 13 percent – more than expected.
Frank Konrad, chairman of the VDMA Robotics + Automation Association, says: “The robotics and automation industry is booming.
“However, suppliers will not be able to process the orders as quickly as usual. The challenge now is to manage bottlenecks in the supply chains.”
With a predicted growth of 6 percent, the industry forecast for robotics and automation is also positive for 2022 – but remains below previous expectations, reflecting the severely disrupted supply chains. In particular, a shortage of electrical and electronic components is extending delivery times.
The three sub-sectors developed differently in 2021. Machine vision gained 16 percent: industry sales reached €3.1 billion. Robotics sales rose by 13 percent to €3.5 billion.
Integrated assembly solutions recorded an 11 percent increase in sales to €7.1 billion. Overall, sales in robotics and automation rose by 13 percent to €13.6 billion – more than originally expected.
VDMA Robotics + Automation forecasts a 7 percent increase in sales for integrated assembly solutions to €7.6 billion in 2022. In robotics, growth of 5 percent to €3.6 billion is expected. Machine vision is also set to grow by 5 percent, corresponding to sales of €3.2 billion.
Frank Konrad says: “The overall robotics and automation forecast is plus 6 percent with an expected industry turnover of €14.4 billion. Robotics and automation in 2022 is thus almost headed for the strong pre-crisis level of €14.7 billion of 2019.”
The VDMA R+A member says its network, consisting of 50,000 people in 350 companies, has “important tasks” to solve that are crucial for the future.
I was supposed to be going over to Germany to work for a robotic company then covid came along. Opportunity has gone now though.
time to sell them to china or the US
> A good 80 percent of the experts who make decisions about robotics and automation in German industrial companies also believe that technological innovation will have a positive impact on jobs.
> Human-robot collaboration and the use of assistance systems will create higher-quality employment and offer new opportunities for continuous education and training.
Lol, sure. Automating away people’s entire means of securing sustenance and shelter will have a positive outcome on jobs. The pool of jobs a human can do better than a robot is shrinking year on year. Soon entire sections of humanity will become surplus to requirements. Humans Need Not Apply, as CPGrey says.
Hopefully we have a good plan for what to do when we reach that point.
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**The robotics and automation industry in Germany is benefiting from a boom in demand, according to industry association VDMA.**
In the first four months of 2022, order intake increased by 38 percent year-on-year. The dynamic market development had already been noticeable with the results for 2021, in which industry turnover rose by 13 percent – more than expected.
Frank Konrad, chairman of the VDMA Robotics + Automation Association, says: “The robotics and automation industry is booming.
“However, suppliers will not be able to process the orders as quickly as usual. The challenge now is to manage bottlenecks in the supply chains.”
With a predicted growth of 6 percent, the industry forecast for robotics and automation is also positive for 2022 – but remains below previous expectations, reflecting the severely disrupted supply chains. In particular, a shortage of electrical and electronic components is extending delivery times.
The three sub-sectors developed differently in 2021. Machine vision gained 16 percent: industry sales reached €3.1 billion. Robotics sales rose by 13 percent to €3.5 billion.
Integrated assembly solutions recorded an 11 percent increase in sales to €7.1 billion. Overall, sales in robotics and automation rose by 13 percent to €13.6 billion – more than originally expected.
VDMA Robotics + Automation forecasts a 7 percent increase in sales for integrated assembly solutions to €7.6 billion in 2022. In robotics, growth of 5 percent to €3.6 billion is expected. Machine vision is also set to grow by 5 percent, corresponding to sales of €3.2 billion.
Frank Konrad says: “The overall robotics and automation forecast is plus 6 percent with an expected industry turnover of €14.4 billion. Robotics and automation in 2022 is thus almost headed for the strong pre-crisis level of €14.7 billion of 2019.”
The VDMA R+A member says its network, consisting of 50,000 people in 350 companies, has “important tasks” to solve that are crucial for the future.
I was supposed to be going over to Germany to work for a robotic company then covid came along. Opportunity has gone now though.
time to sell them to china or the US
> A good 80 percent of the experts who make decisions about robotics and automation in German industrial companies also believe that technological innovation will have a positive impact on jobs.
> Human-robot collaboration and the use of assistance systems will create higher-quality employment and offer new opportunities for continuous education and training.
Lol, sure. Automating away people’s entire means of securing sustenance and shelter will have a positive outcome on jobs. The pool of jobs a human can do better than a robot is shrinking year on year. Soon entire sections of humanity will become surplus to requirements. Humans Need Not Apply, as CPGrey says.
Hopefully we have a good plan for what to do when we reach that point.