The swarm robotics market has seen considerable growth due to a variety of factors.
• The swarm robotics market has experienced exponential growth in recent years. It is expected to rise from $1.11 billion in 2024 to $1.46 billion in 2025, with a CAGR of 31.6%.
This expansion is attributed to increased automation across industries, rising demand for unmanned systems, higher investments in research and development, and applications in defense and security sectors.
The swarm robotics market is expected to maintain its strong growth trajectory in upcoming years.
• The swarm robotics market is expected to experience exponential growth, reaching $4.33 billion by 2029 at a CAGR of 31.3%.
This growth is driven by 5G and edge computing advancements, demand for precision agriculture, integration with IoT, smart city initiatives, and adoption in healthcare and emergency services. Trends include AI integration, bio-inspired algorithms, and collaborative swarms.
The swarm robotics market is predicted to expand due to the increasing need for smart manufacturing. Incorporating advanced technologies such as AI, IoT, and automation, smart manufacturing seeks to enhance productivity and streamline production procedures and supply chains. The mounting utilization of smart manufacturing is prompted by the desire for better operational effectiveness, the reduction of costs, and the need for agility, with respect to responding to fluctuating market requirements. Swarm robotics contributes to smart manufacturing by providing flexible and collaborative automation, thus increasing the adaptability and efficiency of production. For example, in December 2022, Conexus Indiana, an American manufacturing industry, reported a substantial 35% rise in the implementation of smart technologies compared to 2021. This was coupled with a 13% increase in companies that have both earmarked budgets for technological adoption and strategic plans. Consequently, the escalating demand for smart manufacturing is expected to fuel the growth of the swarm robotics market.
The swarm robotics market covered in this report is segmented –
1) By Platform: Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGVs), Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), Other Platforms
2) By Application: Security, Inspection And Monitoring, Mapping And Surveying, Search And Rescue And Disaster Relief, Supply Chain And Warehouse Management, Other Applications
3) By End User: Military And Defense, Industrial, Agriculture, Healthcare, Other End Users
1) By Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGVs): Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs), Robotic Vehicles For Agriculture, Robotic Vehicles For Search and Rescue, Ground-Based Delivery Robots, Robotic Inspection Vehicles (In industrial settings), Military Ground Robots
2) By Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs): Drones For Delivery, Aerial Surveillance Drones, Drones for Agriculture (Crop monitoring), UAVs For Environmental Monitoring, Swarm Drones For Military Applications, Autonomous Drones For Mapping and Surveying
3) By Other Platforms: Underwater Unmanned Vehicles (UUVs), Swarm Robotics For Marine Exploration, Robotic Swarms For Space Exploration, Hybrid Platforms (Combination of UGVs, UAVs, And UUVs), Swarm Robotics in Healthcare (Surgical robots)
A rising trend within the swarm robotics industry is the increasing deployment of cutting-edge AI and machine learning algorithms by key businesses. These technologies, as seen in AI-powered robotic mining systems, enhance efficiency, safety, and extraction rates across both underground and surface mining operations. The autonomous robots within these AI-powered swarm robotic mining systems collaborate via AI and swarm algorithms to effectively and safely execute mining tasks. To illustrate, Robotics Plus Ltd., a New Zealand-based farming technology firm, debuted AI-powered swarm robotic units designed for specific farming duties in January 2023. These sturdy and self-operating robots work in groups and can generate anywhere from hundreds to over a million tons of ore annually in a single mining endeavor, substantially accelerating the versatility in new mining operations from years to months. They operate continuously, using machine learning in their software frameworks to cooperate with and continuously learn from human specialists. Furthermore, these completely electric robotic mining groups could remove the carbon footprint of mining activities by replacing conventional explosive practices with precision mining techniques.
Major companies operating in the swarm robotics market are:
• The Boeing Company
• Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC
• KION GROUP AG
• Idaho National Laboratory
• École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
• Technische Universiteit Delft
• Swisslog Holding AG
• Boston Dynamics Inc.
• Ars Electronica Futurelab GmbH
• Exyn Technologies Inc.
• Bristol Robotics Laboratory
• Scientific Systems Company Inc.
• DoBots B.V.
• Power-Blox AG
• Hydromea SA
• Unanimous A.I. Inc.
• Swarm Technology LLC
• SwarmFarm Robotics Pty Ltd
• Sentien Robotics LLC
• Berkeley Marine Robotics
• FARobot Inc.
• K-Team Corporation
• Robotics Inventions Inc.
• AGILOX Services GmbH
North America was the largest region in the swarm robotics market in 2023. The regions covered in the swarm robotics market report are Asia-Pacific, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, South America, Middle East, Africa.