The document outlines predictions for the robotics industry, noting significant growth in robot adoption and functionality by 2020 and 2021. Key trends include a rise in intelligent industrial robots, mobile security robots, and the consumer robot market. It also emphasizes the shift towards robot as a service (RaaS) models and broader applications across various sectors.

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By 2019, robot adoption will have increased by one-
third, with 60% of G2000 high-tech manufacturers
having deployed industrial robots in manufacturing
operations.
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Intelligent Industrial Robots: By 2020, 45% of newly
installed industrial robots will be equipped with at least
one of the intelligent features such as predictive
analytics, health condition awareness, self-diagnosis,
peer-learning, or autonomous cognition.
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Security Robots: By 2020, the worldwide market for
mobile security robots will have grown by nearly 300%,
augmenting human security, with 30% of mobile security
robots being equipped with onboard drones to deploy
as necessary
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Modular Mobile Robots: By 2019, 25% of mobile
robotic deployments will include modular mobile robots
for multiple uses on the same mobile platform, thus
delivering up to 30% productivity and efficiency gains
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By 2021, the consumer robot market will have doubled
and next-generation AI based robots focused less on
physical tasks and more on teaching and interacting with
family members will have begun to enter homes, thus
improving quality of life
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Spending on drone hardware, software, and services in
resource industries where drones are deployed to help
map and plan infrastructure for oil, gas, and coal
extraction areas and to survey and monitor thousands of
acres of crops will top $1B in 2020.
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2018 Predictions Source: IDC

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By 2021, 45% of mobile robotic deployments will be by
way of robot as a service (RaaS), providing facilities with
the ability to rapidly scale up and down during periods
of demand volatility and enabling robotic deployments
to shift from capex to opex.
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By 2019, 25% of mobile robotic deployments will include
the ability to add on modular components enabling
multiple uses on the same mobile platform, thus
delivering up to 30% productivity and efficiency gains
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By 2020, 30% of the top 100 retailers will be using or
piloting robots within the ship from-store fulfillment
process, helping to reduce the cost of ship-from-store
orders by up to 20%.
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By 2021, the emergence of intelligent robotic agents that
supervise and coordinate robots will have boosted the
overall efficiency of industrial robots by 30%.
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2018 Predictions Source: IDC

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