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Food robotics involves the utilization of robots for the automation of diverse stages in food production, including processing, packing, and palletizing. The integration of robots in food processing offers increased effectiveness, efficiency, and hygiene compared to relying on human labor.
Various types of robots are employed in food robotics, such as articulated, cartesian, SCARA, parallel, cylindrical, collaborative, and others. Articulated robots, characterized by rotary joints, play a crucial role in the food industry, mitigating the risk of contamination and ensuring controlled work environments. These robots are adaptable for low, medium, and high payload tasks, serving purposes such as palletizing, packaging, repackaging, pick-and-place operations, processing, and more. The end users benefiting from these robotic applications span across industries such as beverages, meat, poultry, seafood, dairy, bakery, fruits and vegetables, confectionery, and others.
Note that the outlook for this market is being affected by rapid changes in trade relations and tariffs globally. The report will be updated prior to delivery to reflect the latest status, including revised forecasts and quantified impact analysis. The report's Recommendations and Conclusions sections will be updated to give strategies for entities dealing with the fast-moving international environment.
Tariffs are impacting the food robotics market by increasing costs of imported robotic arms, controllers, sensors, servo motors, and machine vision systems used in food handling and packaging. Food processors in North America and Europe are most affected due to heavy reliance on imported robotics technology, while Asia-Pacific exporters face reduced price competitiveness. These tariffs are increasing automation project costs and slowing adoption among smaller producers. However, they are also driving domestic robotics manufacturing, regional innovation, and development of cost-efficient robotic platforms tailored for food industry applications.
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The food robotics market size has grown rapidly in recent years. It will grow from $2.83 billion in 2025 to $3.16 billion in 2026 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 11.4%. The growth in the historic period can be attributed to rising labor shortages in food processing, increasing demand for consistent food quality, growth of packaged food consumption, adoption of industrial robotics, availability of food-grade robotic systems.
The food robotics market size is expected to see rapid growth in the next few years. It will grow to $4.97 billion in 2030 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 12.0%. The growth in the forecast period can be attributed to increasing investments in AI-driven robotics, rising adoption of autonomous food production lines, expansion of ready-to-eat food markets, growing focus on hygienic automation, increasing integration of smart robotics. Major trends in the forecast period include increasing deployment of robotic pick-and-place systems, rising adoption of collaborative robots in food handling, growing integration of vision-guided robotics, expansion of high-speed packaging robots, enhanced focus on food safety automation.
Increasing demand for bakery products is expected to drive the growth of the food blenders and mixers market in the coming years. Bakery products encompass a wide variety of baked items, including bread, cakes, pastries, cookies, muffins, croissants, and bagels. Food blenders and mixers are essential in preparing these products, ensuring efficient and consistent mixing, blending, and kneading of ingredients. For example, in February 2024, a report by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, a department of the Government of Canada, noted that U.S. retail sales of baked goods rose to $86,641.3 million in 2023, up from $82,933.7 million in 2022, representing approximately 4.3% growth. Thus, the rising demand for bakery products is boosting the food blenders and mixers market.
Key players in the food blender and mixer market are focusing on product development and launches, such as all-in-one mixing, juicing, boiling, and grinding systems, to maintain their market position. An all-in-one system combines multiple kitchen functions into a single appliance. For instance, in October 2023, Stovekraft, an India-based kitchen appliance company, introduced the Pigeon Nutri Mixer 900, India's first all-in-one mixing, juicing, boiling, and grinding system. This innovative appliance is designed to streamline cooking by combining the functions of several kitchen devices into one unit. The Pigeon Nutri Mixer 900 provides users with convenience and versatility, enabling mixing, juicing, blending, and grinding with a single appliance. This Made-in-India solution highlights Stovekraft's commitment to innovation, offering consumers an efficient and multifunctional cooking companion.
In March 2024, Hanwha Foodtech, a South Korea-based online company focused on food processing and technology, acquired Stellar Pizza for an undisclosed sum. Hanwha Foodtech plans to utilize advanced robotics and automation to transform the pizza-making process, improve operational efficiency, and lower labor costs. Stellar Pizza, a technology-driven company based in the U.S., specializes in automated pizza production through the use of robotic systems.
Major companies operating in the food robotics market are Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Midea Group, Denso Corporation, ABB Group, Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd., Rockwell Automation Inc., OMRON Corporation, Swisslog Holding AG, Fanuc Corporation, Yasakawa Electric Corporation, KUKA AG, Nachi-Fujikoshi Corporation, Staubli International AG, Bastian Solutions LLC., Schunk GmbH, Universal Robots AS, Omron Adept Technologies, Epson India Pvt Ltd., Mayekawa Mfg. Co. Ltd., Fetch Robotics Inc., Aethon Inc., Picnic Technologies B.V., Zume Inc., IAM Robotics, Xook, Blendid, RightHand Robotics Inc., Asic Robotics AG
Europe was the largest region in the food blenders and mixers market in 2025. Asia-Pacific is expected to be the fastest-growing region in the forecast period. The regions covered in the food robotics market report are Asia-Pacific, South East Asia, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, South America, Middle East, Africa
The countries covered in the food robotics market report are Australia, Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Taiwan, Russia, South Korea, UK, USA, Canada, Italy, Spain.
The food robotics market consists of sales of vision-guided sorting robots and robotic dispensing arms. Values in this market are 'factory gate' values, that is the value of goods sold by the manufacturers or creators of the goods, whether to other entities (including downstream manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors, and retailers) or directly to end customers. The value of goods in this market includes related services sold by the creators of the goods.
The market value is defined as the revenues that enterprises gain from the sale of goods and/or services within the specified market and geography through sales, grants, or donations in terms of the currency (in USD unless otherwise specified).
The revenues for a specified geography are consumption values that are revenues generated by organizations in the specified geography within the market, irrespective of where they are produced. It does not include revenues from resales along the supply chain, either further along the supply chain or as part of other products.
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