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Original year: 2017
2026 assessment
Scorecard verdict: Right
Collaborative robots went from novelty to one of the fastest-growing categories in factory automation, exactly as described. Solid hit.
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Cobots and many-axis robotics
A 2017 future call revisited in Jim Carroll's 2026 Manufacturing Trends Scorecard.
Cobots and many-axis robotics
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| Publish Date | 2026-09-18 |
| Updated Date | 2026-09-18 |
| Outcome | hit |
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