Max Lobovsky Reflects on Two Decades of Slow Robotics Commercialization
The analysis compares robotics progress from 2006 to 2026 across categories like industrial arms, AGVs, home robots, autonomous vehicles, surgical robots, and humanoids, noting that impressive demos typically precede meaningful commercialization by a decade or more.
So What
Commercialization of robotics, even with significant investment, remains a multi-decade endeavor, challenging expectations for rapid market scaling.