According to United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, at the end of 2002, there would be 800,000 operating industrial robots and 500,000 vacuum cleaning robots.
Entertainment robots are expected to be the most popular.
The latest trends in ‘robotic intelligence’ are towards imitating life.
Research is also on to develop ‘microrobots’ and ‘nanorobots’ for medical applications The report discusses the trends in the Robotics market.
Major application areas have also been discussed along with the future potential of Robotics.