Mobile Robots · 2H 2025

Mobile Robots - 2025

The eighth edition Mobile Robots report analyzes the long-term opportunity for AGVs and AMRs in manufacturing and logistics, including competitive landscape, technology types, business models and forecasts to 2030.

8th editionMobile robots market report 2018-2030Data and forecast period >1 million rowsMarket database granularity 5Core metrics: installed base, shipments, revenues, sites and penetration 2Core application families: material transport and order fulfillment
View full report sample now
Mobile Robots - 2025 hero image

Overview

This report provides detailed, actionable analysis of the mobile robot market, focusing on material handling and order fulfillment applications in manufacturing and logistics environments. It uses primary interviews, supplier reporting, end-customer research, and Interact Analysis’ Manufacturing Industry Output Tracker and Warehouse Building Stock Database to model growth drivers and barriers by industry, facility type, country and robot form factor. Data spans 2018-2030 and covers revenues, shipments, installed base, customer sites, market penetration and ASP/ARPU.

This report focuses on AGVs and AMRs in manufacturing and logistics, covering material handling, order fulfillment, industry, facility type, country, navigation, business model, channel and supplier landscape.

8th editionMobile robots market report
2018-2030Data and forecast period
>1 million rowsMarket database granularity
5Core metrics: installed base, shipments, revenues, sites and penetration
2Core application families: material transport and order fulfillment

Core Questions Answered

The report answers three groups of questions around long-term mobile robot demand, competitive landscape and changing industry dynamics.

What is the long-term market forecast for mobile robots?

Assesses total opportunity, adoption penetration, current and future unit shipments, pricing trends and end-customer sentiment.

What does the competitive landscape look like?

Covers market share, M&A, partnership networks, vendor profiles, competitive factors and funding activity.

How will industry dynamics change over time?

Analyzes value chain, revenue streams, interoperability and FMS trends, new entrants, and the effect of tariffs and regulations.

Market Size and Forecast Segmentations

The Mobile Robots report models order fulfillment and material transport separately, with different levels of granularity in Standard and Premium.

16+robot types / function forms
20+country and region cuts
5facility types
8navigation types
5core metrics

Level 1

By robot type

  • Order fulfillment
    • Shelf-to-Person
    • Tote-to-Person
    • Person-to-Goods
    • Case Picking
    • Sortation
    • AMR + robotic arm
  • Material transport
    • AMR/AGV Forklift Class 1/2/3
    • AGV/AMR Conveyors
    • Tuggers / Tow Tractors
    • AGC / Cart towing

Level 2

By country / region

  • EMEA
    • Germany
    • Italy
    • France
    • Spain
    • UK
    • Eastern Europe
    • MEA
  • Americas
    • Brazil
    • Canada
    • Mexico
    • US
    • Rest of Americas
  • APAC
    • China
    • India
    • Japan
    • Australia
    • South Korea
    • Rest of APAC

Level 3

By industry

  • Manufacturing
    • Automotive
    • Chemicals & Pharma
    • Electrical/Electronics
    • Semiconductor & FPD
    • Other Manufacturing
  • Logistics
    • Apparel
    • General Merchandise
    • 3PL
    • Food & Beverage
    • Grocery
    • Parcel

Level 4

By facility type

  • Fulfillment Center
  • Distribution Center
  • Omnichannel Center
  • Sortation Center
  • Production Line

Other analyses

Navigation, model and channel

  • Navigation
    • AGVs: magnet/tape/wire, laser reflector
    • Bots: grid-based QR
    • AMRs: LiDAR, camera
  • Business model and channel
    • CapEx, RaaS/Rental, software, service
    • Direct, distributor, 3rd party integrator

Analyst Team

Ash Sharma
Ash Sharma Chief Commercial Officer

Ash has spent close to 20 years in technology research and is Chief Commercial Officer at Interact Analysis. He also leads market intelligence on robotics and warehouse automation.

Jan Zhang
Jan Zhang Head of APAC

Jan has nearly 15 years of experience in industrial automation and manufacturing research, with a focus on industrial automation equipment, machinery, industrial robots, service robots and smart manufacturing trends.

Jonathan Sparkes
Jonathan Sparkes Market Analyst

Jonathan has strong analytical and modelling skills from a mathematics background, with research focus across machine vision and mobile robots.

Marco Wang
Marco Wang Market Analyst

Marco supports research across Commercial Vehicles and Robotics. He previously worked for an energy organization in China and has experience as a market researcher in automotive parts and cross-border M&A advisory.

View the full report sample now

Submit the form to unlock the full online brochure sample on this page.