ASIA-PACIFIC AUTONOMOUS MOBILE ROBOTS (AMR) MARKET FORECAST 2024-2032

The Asia-Pacific autonomous mobile robots (AMR) market growth assessment includes the analysis of Indonesia, South Korea, Japan, China, Vietnam, Thailand, Australia & New Zealand, India, and Rest of Asia-Pacific. In China, the logistics industry is one of the fastest-growing industries. The AMRs and automated guided vehicles (AGVs) used in logistics applications are expected to witness increased growth. For instance, the Huizhou factory installed dozens of ForwardX Max 300 Lift AMRs in March 2021 to automate the material movement across the production facilities. 

In South Korea, AMRs are set to be installed in hospitals as part of the initiative by the Ministry of Health and Welfare. For instance, in March 2021, Keimyung University Dongsan Hospital introduced AMRs for the first time in Korea. This entails three robots for different purposes, patient guidance, laundry delivery, and injection delivery. They are equipped with a designated finger vein identification system, which increases safety and security. Such developments drive market growth in these countries.

The Asia-Pacific autonomous mobile robots (AMR) market segmentation includes component, robot type, application, and end-user. The robot type segment includes unmanned aerial vehicles, self-driving forklifts, autonomous inventory robots, and goods-to-person picking robots. 

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) or unmanned autonomous vehicles, commonly known as drones equipped with RFID technology, offer real-time inventory visibility within warehouses. Also, UAVs are used for tactical planning and observation. These are classified on the basis of endurance, altitude range, and weight and support a vast range of applications, including commercial and military. Additionally, the smallest categories of UAVs are supported by ground-control stations consisting of laptop computers and other small-scale components to be carried with the aircraft. UAV-assisted autonomous mobile robots aid in initial 3D map generation and data collection. 

Autonomous inventory robots provide new opportunities for inventory monitoring. These machines can conduct their shelf insights autonomously at schedules decided by warehouses when integrated with RFID-tagged products and equipment. Also, they can consistently and accurately detect tagged products with RFID interrogators mounted for optimal coverage. This further minimizes the need for manual inventor counts and provides real-time mapping to managers to easily visualize product storage. Besides, they can identify goods approaching expiration dates. Further, autonomous inventor robots with RFID-tagged products and equipment can undertake inventory counts at pre-decided intervals or periods.

Some of the leading players operating in the Asia-Pacific autonomous mobile robots (AMR) market include KUKA AG, Teradyne Inc, Omron Corporation, etc.

OMRON Corporation provides equipment and systems catering to industrial automation, electronic & mechanical components, social infrastructure systems, healthcare, and environmental solutions. Their product range encompasses sensors, relays, safety devices, automation systems, switches, motion & drives, control devices, tire pressure monitoring systems, driver monitor sensors, electric power steering, integrated control units, road management systems, traffic signal controllers, security/surveillance cameras, automated ticket gates, ticket vending machines, fare adjustment machines, digital thermometers, body composition monitors, pedometers, nebulizers, blood pressure monitors, and non-invasive vascular monitors and portable ECGs. Operating across Japan, North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and China, Omron is headquartered in Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan.