MarketsandMarkets expects the global clean room robot market (including prices of peripherals, software, and system engineering) size to grow from USD 4.8 billion in 2020 to USD 8.5 billion by 2025, at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 12.0% during the forecast period. One of the major drivers contributing to the market size is companies endeavoring to replace humans in clean room environments by clean room robots as contamination caused by humans is unpredictable. Companies also aim to reduce personnel on the floor so as not to be blindsided by situations like COVID-19 in the future which cause a shortage of labor. Guidelines laid down by several government organizations for hygiene standards have further prompted companies to adopt clean room robots. For instance, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recommends that the areas immediately adjacent to the aseptic processing line meet at least ISO Class 7 standards under dynamic conditions in the pharmaceutical industry. Several products used in the pharmaceutical industry, such as plastics, and plastic films used as anti-glare coatings on computer monitor screens cannot withstand harsh cleaning agents such as Isopropyl alcohol (IPA); therefore, they are required to be produced in a clean room environment. Electronics and optics industries use components in the size of nanometers, which are highly susceptible to particles in the environment; therefore, these industries offer a huge demand for clean room robots.
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The integration of IIoT and AI with clean room robots is expected open new revenue pockets for clean room robot market. IIoT and AI helps in predictive maintenance of robots. IIoT, cloud computing and predictive maintenance collectively reduces dependence of clean room robots on humans as downtime and requirement for maintenance is reduced and communication between robots is more autonomous. This makes maintaining the clean room environment easy by preventing contamination caused by humans. AI gives robots computer vision to navigate, sense, and calculate their reaction accordingly. AI and ML help robots solve new problems with minimal human interference. For instance, random bin picking is one of the challenges of industrial automation that is being solved by leveraging AI. Energid Technologies (US) provides sophisticated motion control software for industrial, medical, commercial, collaborative, and consumer robotic systems. In 2019, FANUC (Japan) and Preferred Networks (Japan) developed the new AI function AI Servo Monitor which collects control data of feed axes and spindle axes of machines with high-speed sampling. It applies DL to the collected data and shows the anomaly score based on the current state of the machine components.
5G is another technology, integration with which would increase the scope of application of clean room robots. In March 2016, KUKA (Germany) and Huawei (China) signed an MoU to implement 5G in industrial robots to enable higher flexibility and communication between robots. Joint testing by both companies has shown the benefits of 5G network, with measured latency as low as 1 ms. To showcase this, 2 collaborative robots from KUKA performed synchronized drumming based on 5G wireless network technology from Huawei at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) event in Spain in March 2017. In February 2019, FANUC (Japan), in partnership with Exprivia | Italtel (Italy), Elettric80 (Italy), and Cisco (US), showcased the FANUC CR-4iA collaborative robot that leverages 5G network and can be controlled through chatbots and voice recognition technology. The robot was demonstrated to distinguish different colored coffee pods and interact through voice commands. The aim of this collaboration was to showcase benefits in terms of productivity and cost reduction for their clients. In April 2019, ABB (Switzerland) and Ericsson signed an MoU to leverage 5G to accelerate wireless automation for factories to increase productivity through automation and digitalization.
In 2019, the electrical & electronics industry held the largest share of the clean room robot market owing to the submicron dimensions of semiconductor devices. According to the International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors, the smallest connection in semiconductor devices is 45 nm. Due to such small dimensions, the risk of contamination from particles in the environment is more as compared to other industries. Also, several steps such as etching, doping, dielectric deposition, and electrical testing are required for the fabrication of semiconductor wafers; therefore, a greater number of robots are required. The electrical & electronics industry also has a huge global demand. According to the Semiconductor Industry Association, in 2019, the electronic industry was worth a trillion dollars globally.
Traditional industrial robots held the larger market share of the clean room robot market in 2019 as compared to collaborative industrial robots. This is because companies aim to reduce the contamination caused by humans in clean room environments and eliminate the extra workforce that would be required to work with collaborative robots. Companies are endeavoring to make clean room applications as autonomous as possible. The danger of an upsurge of crises such as COVID-19 in the future is further prompting companies toward adopting traditional industrial robots. Due to COVID-19, the supply chain and manufacturing process were disrupted due to the reduced workforce. Therefore, companies are trying to reduce dependency on the supply chain and humans by reducing outsourcing and manufacturing most components in-house with the help of robots. This is expected to lead to an increase in the demand for traditional industrial robots. Collaborative robots are expected to grow at a higher rate during the forecast period as compared to traditional industrial robots as they are cheaper and are more affordable for SMEs. The governments of various developing countries such as India and the Philippines are encouraging SMEs to provide employment opportunities and to make the country self-reliant. For instance, the Indian government has set up MUDRA banks to offer credit scores and services to small entrepreneurs outside the provider discipline of standard banks. Also, due to their collaboration with humans, collaborative robots are more flexible and adaptable in changing the manufacturing processes according to the fast-changing trends. Therefore, collaborative robots are gaining more market share.
The air in a clean room is purified using High Efficiency Particulate Air (HEPA) filters to achieve the required environmental conditions. Air is forced through the filters, which remove particles as small as 0.5 micron. The filtration system depends on the required level of cleanliness. Therefore, to maintain a clean room, space is required. As a result, companies try to optimize the use of space for clean room applications. As collaborative robots do not require cages around them and save space, they are preferred to traditional industrial robots. UR3, UR5, and UR10 are collaborative robots offered by Universal Robots (Denmark) for clean room applications and are ISO Class 5 certified. These robots are extensively being used in food, semiconductor, electrical, and optoelectronic industries. Therefore, the adoption of such collaborative robots for clean room applications is expected.
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