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The robotics industry enters 2026 at an inflection point. After years of innovation, bold claims, and headline-grabbing demonstrations, the conversation is shifting from what robots could do to what they can reliably do in the real world.
The Robot Report‘s State of Robotics Industry Report 2026 examines this transition in detail, offering a clear-eyed assessment of where the market stands today and where it’s headed. This report draws on reporting, interviews, and analysis from across the global robotics ecosystem, spanning industrial automation, mobile robots, humanoids, autonomous vehicles, investments, and emerging technologies and applications.
It explores how advances in AI, perception, simulation, compute, and edge software are reshaping robot capabilities. It also highlights the challenges facing developers, integrators, and end users, including safety and reliability to cost, regulation, and deployment timelines.
Readers find insights and expert perspectives on the technologies shaping 2026, including foundation models for robotics, vision-language-action systems, simulation-first development, and the evolving role of humanoids. The report also examines how geopolitical pressures, supply-chain realities, labor shortages, and shifting investor expectations are influencing product roadmaps and commercialization strategies.
The report offers informed predictions on where adoption will accelerate, where hype is likely to cool, and which segments are poised for meaningful progress over the next 12 to 24 months.
Whether you’re building robots, deploying them, or investing in the companies behind them, the State of Robotics Industry Report 2026 provides essential context for understanding the state of robotics in 2026. Fill out the form below to download the report for free.
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