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Automation and robotics reaching well below Fortune 500-scale companies
Research - APRIL 26, 2023

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Automation and robotics reaching well below Fortune 500-scale companies

by Mike Consol

While large organizations have been investing heavily in robotics for years, the vast majority of companies with 500 or fewer employees have not had that luxury. Thankfully, that equation is changing. Increased availability of smaller sensors and faster processors has enabled the development of smaller, cheaper, more flexible robots that are easier to instruct and safer to operate than their heavy industrial counterparts. This reality has set the stage for the next wave of adoption: innovative small and midsize enterprises (SMEs).

That is the assessment of a white paper published by ROBO Global, an index and research company focused on helping investors capitalize on opportunities in fast-growing robotics and automation fields. Titled Automation Isn’t Just for the Fortune 500, the paper reasons that today’s competitive landscape is creating an interesting opportunity for discussions between money managers and their small business owner clients looking to incorpor

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