Research

Where robots pay back

Segment reviews and company breakdowns. Each one answers the same six questions — who buys, how it pays back, installation, servicing, repeatability and limits to growth — with a date and sources.

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Segment review · Welding & surface treatment

Welding cells: where cobots pay back first

Small and mid-sized fabricators can't hire welders fast enough. We look at who buys collaborative welding cells, how they pay back, and what stops vendors from scaling.

20 Oct 2026

Segment review · Waste sorting

Sorting waste with vision: the economics of a line

Recovery facilities earn more when their output is purer. We follow the money through a sorting line and look at where robots and retrofits fit.

14 Oct 2026

Segment review · Food production

Food factories and the labour gap

Packing and processing lines run short-staffed. Which tasks are ready for robots, and which still need people?

7 Oct 2026

Segment review · Infrastructure inspection

Inspection robots: selling to asset owners

Bridges, tanks and pipelines have to be inspected anyway. Robots win when they make inspection safer, faster or possible without shutting things down.

30 Sept 2026