Machine tending
Machine tending
The robot-adjacent work around a machine or a line — loading and unloading machines, stacking output, joining, checking and assembling parts. The oldest robotics market and still the one that buys the most arms.
Task maturity · five steps · every value is an analyst assessment
| Task | Maturity | Dominant approach | Vendors | Deployed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CNC machine tending | Mature | Cobot tending cell | 6 | |
| Industrial welding | Mature | Cobot welding | 4 | |
| Palletizing | Mature | Cobot palletizer | 4 | |
| In-process inspection | Scaling | Robot-mounted vision inspection | 1 | |
| Assembly | Early commercial | Force-controlled robotic assembly | 1 |