Robotics industry: Skill me up, Scotty!

Circa 2009: The world economy had not started showing signs of recovery after the Great Recession. Even as most global businesses languished in distress, making capital expenditure a dream, there was a silver lining that nobody noticed. The world was gradually waking up to the power of automation across industries. Even in such a bleak economic scenario, the global sales of robotic automation solutions showed an upward trajectory in 2009, an International Federation of Robotics study suggests, and has grown a whopping 400% since. Robotics has redefined industries such as manufacturing, e-commerce, logistics, retail, healthcare, hospitality, etc, to grow in scale, optimise costs, increase accuracy and enhance the overall experience for the end user.