Industrial Robots: Technology, Business Opportunity and Brand Strength Analysis

Published: Mar, 2016 | Pages: 33 | Publisher: Market Intelligence & Consulting Institute
Industry: Consumer Electronics | Report Format: Electronic (PDF)

Industrial robots have been widely applied in a broad array of industries and have lured numerous companies to set foot into this arena, including Taiwanese companies such as Foxconn, Delta, Foxlink, Shihlin Electric, Contrel Technology, Tongyou Electronic, and Advantech-LNC Technology. Recent years, several leading companies have seen aggressive investment in related technologies or M&A activities, including FANUC, ABB, KUKA, Yaskawa, Siemens, Sony, Mitsubishi, Honda, and Seiko Epson. This report provides an overview of the industrial robot technologies and thorough patent data mining results that reflect major vendors' patent deployments and technology trends. Also included are the outlook for the industrial robot market and opportunities for perspective entrants.

List Of Topics

Overview of the industrial robot technology, including articulated, Cartesian/linear/gantry, SCARA, cylindrical parallel robots, and the function of each component system of an industrial robot
Analysis of 3,794 patents by technology field and sector using the data mining technique; also included are the detailed profile of top 20 assignees and their relative R&D intensity ranking
Trend analysis of the global industrial robot industry by country, by field, by sector
Analysis of industrial robot development of major players, including FANUC, Yaskawa, KUKA, Siemens, Sony, Foxconn, ITRI, and NTUST
Detailed analysis of industrial robot patent/assignee matrix, with 30 key patented technology being sorted into nine categories, and includes major assignees' patent portfolio for image analysis

List Of Companies

ABB
Advantech-LNC Technology
AMP Aerosense
Contrel Technology
Delta
Denso
FANUC
Foxconn
Foxlink
GE FANUC
Honda
Hong Fu Jin
Precision
ITRI
Kawasaki
KUKA
Midea
Mitsubishi
NTHU
NTUST
Panasonic
Preactor
Samsung
Seiko Epson
Shihlin Electric
SICK AG
Siemens
Sony
Staubli
Tongyou Electronic
Toshiba
USPTO
Vistagy
Yaskaw

 Table of Contents

1.Technology Development

1.1 Type of Technology

2.Patent Mining

3.Patent analysis

3.1 Trend Analysis

3.1.1 By Country

3.1.2 By Sector and Field

3.1.3 By Technology

3.2 R&D Performance Analysis

3.2.1 Relative R&D Intensity

4. Patent portfolio Development strategy

4.1 International Assignees

4.2 Taiwanese Assignees

4.3 Development of Major Industrial Robot Companies

4.3.1 FANUC Corporation

4.3.2 Yaskawa Electric Corporation

4.3.3 KUKA

4.3.4 Siemens

4.3.5 Sony

5. MIC Perspective

5.1 Patents Focused on Contol, Machine Tool, Computing Technologies, Handling and Electrical Machinery with Key Applications in Transport, Chemistry, and Semiconductor

5.2 Image Analysis as Key Development Focus for Newcomers

Appendix

Research Scope

Glossary of Terms

List of Companies

List of Tables

Table 1: Key Technologies Fields Identified by Text Mining

Table 2: Top 20 Industrial Robot Assignees with Detailed Patent Profile

Table 3: Industrial Robot Patent/International Assignee Matrix Analysis

Table 4: Industrial Robot Patent/Taiwanese Assignee Matrix Analysis

Table 5: Industrial Robot Patent/International Assignee Matrix Analysis: Image Analysis Technology

List of Figures

Figure 1: Illustration of Industrial Robots

Figure 2: Global Industrial Robot Patent Distribution by Country

Figure 3: Global Industrial Robot Patent Distribution by Sector and Field