The technology sector remains a hub of innovation, with robotics technology being a key catalyst. Progress in sensor technology, machine learning, and artificial intelligence has empowered the development of robots endowed with improved capabilities and adaptability. By utilizing robotics, remote monitoring, AI, IoT, and other technologies, unmanned maintenance operations can perform maintenance tasks in challenging or hazardous environments without requiring human presence. According GlobalData’s Technology Foresights, which plots the S-curve for the technology industry using innovation intensity models built on over 2.5 million patents, there are 300+ innovation areas that will shape the future of the industry. Within the emerging innovation stage, AI-assisted inspection, anti-collision LiDAR, and 3D object sensing are disruptive technologies that are in the early stages of application.
