“Robotics industry poised for another banner year in 2012”: That’s the headline of a recent article published by the Robotics Industries Assn. (RIA) that predicts “robot orders in 2012 have the potential to surpass the mark set in 2011, which marked the beginning of a major rebound in the industry.” In fact, Robert Little, COO of ATI Industrial Automation is quoted in the article as forecasting a 15% growth rate in 2012.
Says Dean Elkins, a senior general manager at Yaskawa America Inc.’s Motoman Robotics Division, in the article, “I see continued growth in food and beverage, pharmaceutical, and laboratory applications.”
