Robots that do not replace humans, working with humans are on the rise

While the discussions that robots will take away people's jobs continue, robots that do not replace human beings and work with humans are on the rise. According to the Association of Robotic Industries (RIA), sales of human-collaborative robots, the fastest growing segment of industrial automation, will reach 34 percent by 2025 Today' s production processes are becoming flexible by changing, the differentiation of mass-scale and uniform production demands, and the tendency for customer demand to move towards personalized products and solutions are also increasing the interest in collaborative robots. Kandan Özgür Gök, Turkey Sales Development Manager of Universal Robots, which maintains its leadership with a market share of 60 percent in more than 50 countries with its collaborative robots (cobots) based on human cooperation, states that cobots are the fastest growing segment of industrial automation and will reach 34 percent of all industrial robot sales by 2025. "Cobot sales will reach $12 billion by 2025" Stating that as Universal Robots, optimum solutions are provided to many sectors with cobots, Gök stated that they have sold more than 27 thousand cobots since 2008. Gök said, "According to the impressions of the companies operating in this field, 126 thousand robots will be installed in the whole sector as of 2021, and cobot sales are expected to reach a total of 12 billion dollars by 2025." UR3 - lillebror fra Universal Robots