Robotics for the Process Industries

The Robotics for the Process Industries market research study delivers current market analysis plus a five year market and technology forecast. The study is available in multiple editions including worldwide, all regions, and most major countries.

Robotics Taking Hold in the Process Industries

The study provides coverage of mobile robot hardware, in different form factors, and software and associated services designed to help companies operating in harsh or dangerous environments to conduct safer and more efficient operations in process industries such as oil & gas, electric power generation, refining, and chemical, among others. Applications served by robots include inspection, leak detection, and surveying/mapping. Scope excludes autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) designed for warehouse applications, excludes subsea remotely operated vehicles (ROV), specialized autonomous mining vehicles, traditional fixed industrial robots, and fixed collaborative robots mounted onto an AMR.

The robotics for the process industries market is comprised of mobile robots designed to operate in remote or dangerous environments and/or perform unsafe tasks in order to ensure employee safety and/or perform dull, dirty, or low-level repetitive tasks, which would free up employees to focus on higher value-adding work. Robots can conduct inspections, enhance emergency response; conduct mobile condition monitoring of equipment for predictive maintenance and leak detection, work on basic maintenance tasks, enable remote operations, and handle many other applications.

Robots can provide operational improvements such as improved worker safety; reduced costs (reduced workforce logistics, etc.); increased productivity and asset availability; improved data quality as robots can perform tasks with repetitive precision and automated data collection and analysis; autonomous navigation and operations empowered by artificial intelligence (AI) and machines learning (ML); and enhanced communications capabilities such as Wi-Fi, 4G, and 5G to enable real-time operational visibility, agility, and flexibility.

Major applications served by robots for the process industries include inspection of equipment, assets, or processes; leak detection of gas, methane, steam, water, or oil; surveying or mapping an asset or location; cleaning or decommissioning-related operations; surveillance/monitoring of facilities or operations; maintenance-related tasks; and other applications.