1 Introduction 6
1.1 Industry Definition and Report Scope 6
1.2 Research Methodology 8
1.3 Executive Summary 10
2 Market Environment 13
2.1 Prospects for the World Economy in 2015-2016 13
2.2 Outlook of the World Economy to 2030 16
3 Market Overview and Qualitative Analysis 17
3.1 Market Structure 17
3.2 Market Overview 18
3.3 Major Growth Drivers 21
3.4 Market Restraints and Challenges 25
3.5 Emerging Opportunities and Market Trends 29
3.6 Porter's Fiver Forces Analysis 32
3.7 Key M&A Trends and Strategic Partnerships 35
3.8 IPO and VCI in Global Industrial Robot Market 39
4 Segmentation of Global Market by End-user 41
4.1 Market Overview by End-user 41
4.2.1 Outlook of the Global Automotive Industry 46
4.2.2 Assembly Robots Market in Automotive Industry 48
4.3.1 Outlook of the Global Electrical and Electronics Industry 51
4.3.2 Assembly Robots Market in Electrical & Electronics Industry 54
4.4.1 Outlook of the Global Machinery Industry 57
4.4.2 Assembly Robots Market in Machinery Industry 59
4.5.1 Outlook of the Global Metal Industry 62
4.5.2 Assembly Robots Market in Metal Industry 65
4.6.1 Outlook of the Global Chemical, Rubber and Plastics Market 68
4.6.2 Assembly Robots Market in Chemical, Rubber & Plastics Industry 75
4.7 Assembly Robots Market in Other Industries 79
5 Segmentation of Global Market by Product Type 82
5.1 Market Overview by Robot Type 82
5.2 Articulated Robots 87
5.3 Cartesian Robots 90
5.4 SCARA Robots 93
5.5 Other Types of Industrial Robots 96
6 Segmentation of Global Market by Region 100
6.1 Geographic Market Overview by Region 2015-2022 100
6.2 North America Market 2014-2022 106
6.2.1 Overview of North America Market 106
6.2.2 U.S. Market 109
6.2.3 Canadian Market 113
6.3 European Market 2014-2022 114
6.3.1 Overview of European Market 114
6.3.2 Germany 118
6.3.3 Rest of European Market 121
6.4 Asia-Pacific Market 2014-2022 123
6.4.1 Overview of Asia-Pacific Market 123
6.4.2 Japan Market 126
6.4.3 China 129
6.4.4 South Korea 134
6.4.5 Rest of APAC Region 137
6.5 Latin America Market 2014-2022 138
6.5.1 Overview of Latin America Market 138
6.5.2 Mexico 141
6.5.3 Rest of Latin America 144
6.6 Rest of World Market 2014-2022 145
6.7 Relative Availability of Industrial Robots by Country 2013-2014 148
7 Manufacturing Landscape 150
7.1 Overview of Global Manufacture 150
7.2 Company Profiles 153
RELATED REPORTS AND PRODUCTS 193
Table 1. Market Trend of Global Assembly Robots, 2015-2022 10
Table 2. Average Annual Growth Rates of Global Real GDP, Outlook to 2030 16
Table 3. Major M&A Deals of Industrial Robot Industry in 2015 37
Table 4. Top Ten Industrial Robot Manufacturers in 2015 152
Figure 1. Research Method Flow Chart 8
Figure 2. Recent Growth Trend of World Gross Product, 2008-2016 14
Figure 3. Structure of Global Assembly Robots Market 17
Figure 4. Global Assembly Robots Market by Unit Shipment, 2014-2022, thousand units 19
Figure 5. Global Assembly Robots Market by Sales Revenue (hardware alone), 2014-2022, $ bn 19
Figure 6. Global Assembly Robots Market by Sales Revenue (hardware and software), 2014-2022, $ bn 20
Figure 7. Global Assembly Robots Market by End-user, 2015 and 2022, % of Unit Shipment 42
Figure 8. Global Assembly Robots Market by End-user, 2015 and 2022, % of Revenue from Hardware 42
Figure 9. Global Assembly Robots Market by End-user, 2015 and 2022, % of Revenue from Hardware and Software 43
Figure 10. Comparison of 2016-2022 Growth Rates Based on Unit Shipment by End-user 44
Figure 11. Comparison of 2016-2022 Growth Rates Based on Hardware Revenue by End-user 45
Figure 12. Comparison of 2016-2022 Growth Rates Based on System Revenue by End-user 45
Figure 13. Global Automobile Production Trend, 2014-2022, million vehicles 47
Figure 14. Global Assembly Robots Shipment to Automotive Industry, 2014-2022, thousand units 49
Figure 15. Global Assembly Robots Sales to Automotive Industry, 2014-2022, $ bn (hardware alone) 49
Figure 16. Global Assembly Robots Sales to Automotive Industry, 2014-2022, $ bn (hardware and software) 50
Figure 17. Global Assembly Robots Shipment to Electrical & Electronics Industry, 2014-2022, thousand units 55
Figure 18. Global Assembly Robots Sales to Electrical & Electronics Industry, 2014-2022, $ bn (hardware alone) 55
Figure 19. Global Assembly Robots Sales to Electrical & Electronics Industry, 2014-2022, $ bn (hardware and software) 56
Figure 20. Market Trend of Global Machinery Industry by Revenue, 2014-2022, $ bn 57
Figure 21. Global Assembly Robots Shipment to Machinery Industry, 2014-2022, thousand units 60
Figure 22. Global Assembly Robots Sales to Machinery Industry, 2014-2022, $ bn (hardware alone) 60
Figure 23. Global Assembly Robots Sales to Machinery Industry, 2014-2022, $ bn (hardware and software) 61
Figure 24. Global Metal Industry by Output Value, 2014-2022, $ bn 62
Figure 25. Global Assembly Robots Shipment to Metal Industry, 2014-2022, thousand units 66
Figure 26. Global Assembly Robots Sales to Metal Industry, 2014-2022, $ bn (hardware alone) 66
Figure 27. Global Assembly Robots Sales to Metal Industry, 2014-2022, $ bn (hardware and software) 67
Figure 28. Market Trend of Global Chemicals Consumption, 2014-2022, $ trillion 68
Figure 29. Market Trend of Global Rubber Consumption by Revenue ($ bn) and by Volume (million metric tons), 2014-2022 70
Figure 30. Market Trend of Global Plastics Consumption by Revenue ($ bn) and by Volume (million metric tons), 2014-2022 73
Figure 31. Global Assembly Robots Shipment to Chemical, Rubber & Plastics Industry, 2014-2022, thousand units 77
Figure 32. Global Assembly Robots Sales to Chemical, Rubber & Plastics Industry, 2014-2022, $ bn (hardware alone) 77
Figure 33. Global Assembly Robots Sales to Chemical, Rubber & Plastics Industry, 2014-2022, $ bn (hardware and software) 78
Figure 34. Global Assembly Robots Shipment to Other Industries, 2014-2022, thousand units 80
Figure 35. Global Assembly Robots Sales to Other Industries, 2014-2022, $ bn (hardware alone) 81
Figure 36. Global Assembly Robots Sales to Other Industries, 2014-2022, $ bn (hardware and software) 81
Figure 37. Global Assembly Robots Market by Robot Type, 2015 and 2022, % of Unit Shipment 83
Figure 38. Global Assembly Robots Market by Robot Type, 2015 and 2022, % of Revenue from Hardware 83
Figure 39. Global Assembly Robots Market by Robot Type, 2015 and 2022, % of Revenue from Hardware and Software 84
Figure 40. Comparison of 2015-2022 Growth Rates Based on Unit Shipment by Robot Type 85
Figure 41. Comparison of 2015-2022 Growth Rates Based on Hardware Revenue by Robot Type 86
Figure 42. Comparison of 2015-2022 Growth Rates Based on System Revenue by Robot Type 86
Figure 43. Global Articulated Assembly Robots Market by Shipment, 2014-2022, thousand units 88
Figure 44. Global Articulated Assembly Robots Market by Revenue (hardware alone), 2014-2022, $ bn 89
Figure 45. Global Articulated Assembly Robots Market by Revenue (hardware and software), 2014-2022, $ bn 89
Figure 46. Global Cartesian Assembly Robots Market by Shipment, 2014-2022, thousand units 91
Figure 47. Global Cartesian Assembly Robots Market by Revenue (hardware alone), 2014-2022, $ bn 92
Figure 48. Global Cartesian Assembly Robots Market by Revenue (hardware and software), 2014-2022, $ bn 92
Figure 49. Global SCARA Assembly Robots Market, 2014-2022, thousand units 94
Figure 50. Global SCARA Assembly Robots Market by Revenue (hardware alone), 2014-2022, $ bn 95
Figure 51. Global SCARA Assembly Robots Market by Revenue (hardware and software), 2014-2022, $ bn 95
Figure 52. Other Types of Industrial Assembly Robots by Shipment, 2014-2022, thousand units 98
Figure 53. Other Types of Industrial Assembly Robots by Revenue (hardware alone), 2014-2022, $ bn 99
Figure 54. Other Types of Industrial Assembly Robots by Revenue (hardware and software), 2014-2022, $ bn 99
Figure 55. Geographic Spread of Worldwide Assembly Robots Market, 2015 and 2022, % of Shipment 101
Figure 56. Geographic Spread of Worldwide Assembly Robots Market, 2015 and 2022, % of Revenue from Hardware 103
Figure 57. Geographic Spread of Worldwide Assembly Robots Market, 2015 and 2022, % of Revenue from Hardware and Software 103
Figure 58. Comparison of 2015-2022 Growth Rates Based on Unit Shipment by Region 104
Figure 59. Comparison of 2015-2022 Growth Rates Based on Hardware Revenue by Region 105
Figure 60. Comparison of 2015-2022 Growth Rates Based on System Revenue by Region 105
Figure 61. North American Assembly Robots Market by Shipment, 2014-2022, thousand units 107
Figure 62. North American Assembly Robots Market by Revenue, 2014-2022, $ bn (hardware alone) 107
Figure 63. North American Assembly Robots Market by Revenue, 2014-2022, $ bn (hardware and software) 108
Figure 64. U.S. Industrial Assembly Robots Market by Shipment, 2014-2022, thousand units 110
Figure 65. U.S. Industrial Assembly Robots Market by Revenue (hardware alone), 2014-2022, $ mn 111
Figure 66. Comparison of Robot Density in U.S. Manufacturing Industries with World Average, 2013 and 2014 112
Figure 67. European Assembly Robots Market by Shipment, 2014-2022, thousand units 115
Figure 68. European Assembly Robots Market by Revenue, 2014-2022, $ bn (hardware alone) 115
Figure 69. European Assembly Robots Market by Revenue, 2014-2022, $ bn (hardware and software) 116
Figure 70. Industrial Assembly Robots Market in Germany, 2014-2022, thousand units 119
Figure 71. Industrial Assembly Robots Market in Germany, 2014-2022, $ mn (hardware alone) 119
Figure 72. Comparison of Robot Density in Manufacturing Industries of Germany with World Average, 2013 and 2014 120
Figure 73. Asia-Pacific Assembly Robots Market by Shipment, 2014-2022, thousand units 124
Figure 74. Asia-Pacific Assembly Robots Market by Sales Revenue, 2014-2022, $ bn (hardware alone) 124
Figure 75. Asia-Pacific Assembly Robots Market by Sales Revenue, 2014-2022, $ bn (hardware and software) 125
Figure 76. Japan Assembly Robots Market by Shipment, 2014-2022, thousand units 127
Figure 77. Japan Assembly Robots Market by Revenue (hardware alone), 2014-2022, $ mn 127
Figure 78. Comparison of Robot Density in Manufacturing Industries of Japan with World Average, 2013 and 2014 128
Figure 79. Assembly Robots Market in China, 2014-2022, thousand units 132
Figure 80. Assembly Robots Market in China, 2014-2022, $ mn (hardware alone) 132
Figure 81. Comparison of Robot Density in China Manufacturing Industries with World Average, 2013 and 2014 133
Figure 82. Assembly Robots Market in South Korea, 2014-2022, thousand units 135
Figure 83. Assembly Robots Market in South Korea, 2014-2022, $ mn (hardware alone) 135
Figure 84. Comparison of Robot Density in Manufacturing Industries of South Korea with World Average, 2013 and 2014 136
Figure 85. Latin America Assembly Robots Market by Shipment, 2014-2022, thousand units 139
Figure 86. Latin America Assembly Robots Market by Sales Revenue, 2014-2022, $ bn (hardware alone) 139
Figure 87. Latin America Assembly Robots Market by Sales Revenue, 2014-2022, $ bn (hardware and software) 140
Figure 88. Assembly Robots Market in Mexico, 2014-2022, thousand units 143
Figure 89. Assembly Robots Market in Mexico, 2014-2022, $ mn (hardware alone) 143
Figure 90. Assembly Robots Market in Rest of World by Shipment, 2014-2022, thousand units 145
Figure 91. Assembly Robots Market in Rest of World by Revenue, 2014-2022, $ bn (hardware alone) 146
Figure 92. Assembly Robots Market in Rest of World by Revenue, 2014-2022, $ bn (hardware and software) 146
Figure 93. Industrial Robot Density in Automotive Industry and Other Manufacturing Industries of Selected Countries, 2013 and 2014 148
Figure 94. Segmentation of ABB Group's Revenue by Divisions in FY 2014, % 153
Figure 95. Segmentation of ABB Group's Revenue by Region in FY 2014, % 155
Figure 96. KUKA Revenue by Business Segment, 2013 and 2014, million euros 159
Figure 97. KUKA Revenue by Region in 2014, % 160
Figure 98. Yaskawa Revenue by Business Segment, 2013 and 2014, % 162
Figure 99. Yaskawa Revenue by Region in 2015, % 163
Figure 100. Toshiba Machine Revenue by Business Segment, 2015, % 168
Figure 101. Toshiba Machine Revenue by Region in 2015, % 168