Robotics

Hell of a lot of NdPr > NdFeB:

https://www.automationmag.com/techn...reports-record-growth-for-na-robotics-in-2017

• Robotics
The North American robotics market had its best opening half ever to begin 2017, setting new records in all four statistical categories (order units, order revenue, shipment units, and shipment revenue).

• Motion control and motors
For the first half of 2017, orders for motion control and motor products amounted to $1.622 billion, up 14 per cent over the first six months of 2016.

http://www.marketsandmarkets.com/PressReleases/military-robots.asp

"The military robots market is projected to grow from USD 16.79 Billion in 2017 to USD 30.83 Billion by 2022, at a CAGR of 12.92% from 2017 to 2022. This growth can be attributed to the increasing incidences of terrorism and need to create unmanned military systems."

http://www.marketsandmarkets.com/PressReleases/collaborative-robot.asp

"collaborative robots market is expected to be worth USD 4.28 Billion by 2023, growing at a CAGR of 56.94% between 2017 and 2023. The multifold growth is attributed to high ROI rates and low price of collaborative robots leading to growing attraction from SMEs, and increasing investments in automation by industries to support Industry 4.0 evolution."

https://www.therobotreport.com/industrial-robots-china-away/

"China has rapidly become a global leader in robotics and automation. 2016 annual sales of industrial robots reached the highest level ever for any single country: 87,000 units (up 27% from 2015) and China’s stock of industrial robots is now, at 340,000 units, also the highest total in the world. while Chinese robot manufacturers increased their market share to 31% (up 120% from 2015).
The International Federation of Robotics (IFR), which provided these figures, is forecasting that “from 2018 to 2020, a sales increase between 15 and 20 percent on average per year is possible for industrial robots.” "