https://techcrunch.com/2023/06/15/industrial-robots-hardware-stage-techcrunch-disrupt-2023/

Robotics investments were trending in the right direction prior to 2020, but the pandemic dramatically increased investor interest as more firms pushed to automate work. Manufacturing has been automated for decades, and the pandemic also dramatically increased both labor shortages and the deployment of warehouse/logistics robotics.

As labor shortages continue, investors see enormous growth potential for a new wave of industrial robots in still largely untapped sectors. So, what’s next? Agtech, construction and healthcare are all good bets.