

The global Robot Sensor market size is predicted to grow from US$ 934 million in 2025 to US$ 1415 million in 2031; it is expected to grow at a CAGR of 7.2% from 2025 to 2031.
Robotic sensors are used to estimate a robot's condition and environment. These signals are passed to a controller to enable appropriate behavior. Sensors in robots are based on the functions of human sensory organs. Robots require extensive information about their environment in order to function effectively. This report mainly focuses on the field of sensors for industrial robots.
Global Robot Sensor key players include Cognex, Baluff Ag, Baumer Group, Ifm Electronic Gmbh, Keyence, etc. Global top five manufacturers hold a share about 40%. China is the largest market, with a share about 40%, followed by Europe and Japan, both have a share over 25 percent. In terms of product, Vision Sensors is the largest segment, with a share about 35%. And in terms of application, the largest application is Electronics Manufacturing, followed by Automotive.
There are many driving factors in the robot sensor market, mainly including the following aspects:
1. Technological progress and innovation
Improvement of sensor technology: With the continuous advancement of sensor technology, the accuracy, stability, reliability and response speed of sensors have been significantly improved, making the application of sensors in the field of robots more extensive and in-depth.
Application of new materials: The application of new materials, such as nanomaterials and smart materials, provides more possibilities for the manufacture of sensors, further promoting the development of sensor technology.
2. Growth of market demand
Demand for industrial automation: With the advancement of Industry 4.0 and the Industrial Internet of Things, the level of industrial automation continues to improve, and the demand for sensors continues to increase. As an important part of industrial automation, robots have a particularly strong demand for sensors.
Popularization of consumer electronics: With the popularization of consumer electronics such as smartphones and wearable devices, the demand for sensors for these products is also increasing, which indirectly promotes the development of the robot sensor market.
The rise of emerging industries: With the rapid development of emerging industries such as smart driving and smart homes, the demand for sensors is also growing rapidly, providing a new growth point for the robot sensor market.
3. Policy support and capital investment
Policy promotion: Governments of various countries have introduced relevant policies to encourage the development of the sensor industry and provide a good policy environment for the robot sensor market.
Capital investment: With the attention of the capital market, more and more funds are pouring into the sensor industry, providing sufficient financial support for the rapid development of the robot sensor market.
4. Expansion of application scenarios
The development of humanoid robots: As an important development direction in the future field of robots, humanoid robots have a particularly prominent demand for sensors. In order to simulate human perception, humanoid robots need to be equipped with a complex sensor system, including internal sensors and external sensors, to provide visual, auditory, tactile, position and other information.
Application of other robots: In addition to humanoid robots, other types of robots such as industrial robots and service robots also have a wide range of application needs for sensors. These robots need to use sensors to perceive the environment, identify objects, control movement, etc., so as to realize various functions.
5. Improvement of the localization rate of sensors
Progress in domestic sensor technology: In recent years, domestic sensor companies have made significant progress in technology research and development and innovation capabilities, and some products have reached the international advanced level.
Driven by market demand: With the rapid development of the domestic robot market, the demand for sensors is also increasing. This provides domestic sensor companies with broad development space and market opportunities.
In summary, the driving factors of the robot sensor market mainly include technological progress and innovation, market demand growth, policy support and capital investment, expansion of application scenarios and increase in the localization rate of sensors. These factors have jointly promoted the rapid development of the robot sensor market.
The “Robot Sensor Industry Forecast” looks at past sales and reviews total world Robot Sensor sales in 2024, providing a comprehensive analysis by region and market sector of projected Robot Sensor sales for 2025 through 2031. With Robot Sensor sales broken down by region, market sector and sub-sector, this report provides a detailed analysis in US$ millions of the world Robot Sensor industry.
This Insight Report provides a comprehensive analysis of the global Robot Sensor landscape and highlights key trends related to product segmentation, company formation, revenue, and market share, latest development, and M&A activity. This report also analyzes the strategies of leading global companies with a focus on Robot Sensor portfolios and capabilities, market entry strategies, market positions, and geographic footprints, to better understand these firms’ unique position in an accelerating global Robot Sensor market.
This Insight Report evaluates the key market trends, drivers, and affecting factors shaping the global outlook for Robot Sensor and breaks down the forecast by Type, by Application, geography, and market size to highlight emerging pockets of opportunity. With a transparent methodology based on hundreds of bottom-up qualitative and quantitative market inputs, this study forecast offers a highly nuanced view of the current state and future trajectory in the global Robot Sensor.
This report presents a comprehensive overview, market shares, and growth opportunities of Robot Sensor market by product type, application, key manufacturers and key regions and countries.
Segmentation by Type:
Movement Sensors
Vision Sensors
Touch Sensors
Voice Sensors
Others
Segmentation by Application:
Automotive
Machinery
Aerospace
Electronics Automotive
Others
This report also splits the market by region:
Americas
United States
Canada
Mexico
Brazil
APAC
China
Japan
Korea
Southeast Asia
India
Australia
Europe
Germany
France
UK
Italy
Russia
Middle East & Africa
Egypt
South Africa
Israel
Turkey
GCC Countries
The below companies that are profiled have been selected based on inputs gathered from primary experts and analysing the company's coverage, product portfolio, its market penetration.
Cognex
Baluff
Baumer Group
Ifm Electronic Gmbh
Keyence
Rockwell Automation
Daihen Corporation
Infineon Technologies
ATI Industrial Automation
Sick Ag
Honeywell International Inc.
Datalogic
Texas Instruments
TDK
Sensopart
Key Questions Addressed in this Report
What is the 10-year outlook for the global Robot Sensor market?
What factors are driving Robot Sensor market growth, globally and by region?
Which technologies are poised for the fastest growth by market and region?
How do Robot Sensor market opportunities vary by end market size?
How does Robot Sensor break out by Type, by Application?
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1 Scope of the Report
1.1 Market Introduction
1.2 Years Considered
1.3 Research Objectives
1.4 Market Research Methodology
1.5 Research Process and Data Source
1.6 Economic Indicators
1.7 Currency Considered
1.8 Market Estimation Caveats
2 Executive Summary
2.1 World Market Overview
2.1.1 Global Robot Sensor Annual Sales 2020-2031
2.1.2 World Current & Future Analysis for Robot Sensor by Geographic Region, 2020, 2024 & 2031
2.1.3 World Current & Future Analysis for Robot Sensor by Country/Region, 2020, 2024 & 2031
2.2 Robot Sensor Segment by Type
2.2.1 Movement Sensors
2.2.2 Vision Sensors
2.2.3 Touch Sensors
2.2.4 Voice Sensors
2.2.5 Others
2.3 Robot Sensor Sales by Type
2.3.1 Global Robot Sensor Sales Market Share by Type (2020-2025)
2.3.2 Global Robot Sensor Revenue and Market Share by Type (2020-2025)
2.3.3 Global Robot Sensor Sale Price by Type (2020-2025)
2.4 Robot Sensor Segment by Application
2.4.1 Automotive
2.4.2 Machinery
2.4.3 Aerospace
2.4.4 Electronics Automotive
2.4.5 Others
2.5 Robot Sensor Sales by Application
2.5.1 Global Robot Sensor Sale Market Share by Application (2020-2025)
2.5.2 Global Robot Sensor Revenue and Market Share by Application (2020-2025)
2.5.3 Global Robot Sensor Sale Price by Application (2020-2025)
3 Global by Company
3.1 Global Robot Sensor Breakdown Data by Company
3.1.1 Global Robot Sensor Annual Sales by Company (2020-2025)
3.1.2 Global Robot Sensor Sales Market Share by Company (2020-2025)
3.2 Global Robot Sensor Annual Revenue by Company (2020-2025)
3.2.1 Global Robot Sensor Revenue by Company (2020-2025)
3.2.2 Global Robot Sensor Revenue Market Share by Company (2020-2025)
3.3 Global Robot Sensor Sale Price by Company
3.4 Key Manufacturers Robot Sensor Producing Area Distribution, Sales Area, Product Type
3.4.1 Key Manufacturers Robot Sensor Product Location Distribution
3.4.2 Players Robot Sensor Products Offered
3.5 Market Concentration Rate Analysis
3.5.1 Competition Landscape Analysis
3.5.2 Concentration Ratio (CR3, CR5 and CR10) & (2023-2025)
3.6 New Products and Potential Entrants
3.7 Market M&A Activity & Strategy
4 World Historic Review for Robot Sensor by Geographic Region
4.1 World Historic Robot Sensor Market Size by Geographic Region (2020-2025)
4.1.1 Global Robot Sensor Annual Sales by Geographic Region (2020-2025)
4.1.2 Global Robot Sensor Annual Revenue by Geographic Region (2020-2025)
4.2 World Historic Robot Sensor Market Size by Country/Region (2020-2025)
4.2.1 Global Robot Sensor Annual Sales by Country/Region (2020-2025)
4.2.2 Global Robot Sensor Annual Revenue by Country/Region (2020-2025)
4.3 Americas Robot Sensor Sales Growth
4.4 APAC Robot Sensor Sales Growth
4.5 Europe Robot Sensor Sales Growth
4.6 Middle East & Africa Robot Sensor Sales Growth
5 Americas
5.1 Americas Robot Sensor Sales by Country
5.1.1 Americas Robot Sensor Sales by Country (2020-2025)
5.1.2 Americas Robot Sensor Revenue by Country (2020-2025)
5.2 Americas Robot Sensor Sales by Type (2020-2025)
5.3 Americas Robot Sensor Sales by Application (2020-2025)
5.4 United States
5.5 Canada
5.6 Mexico
5.7 Brazil
6 APAC
6.1 APAC Robot Sensor Sales by Region
6.1.1 APAC Robot Sensor Sales by Region (2020-2025)
6.1.2 APAC Robot Sensor Revenue by Region (2020-2025)
6.2 APAC Robot Sensor Sales by Type (2020-2025)
6.3 APAC Robot Sensor Sales by Application (2020-2025)
6.4 China
6.5 Japan
6.6 South Korea
6.7 Southeast Asia
6.8 India
6.9 Australia
6.10 China Taiwan
7 Europe
7.1 Europe Robot Sensor by Country
7.1.1 Europe Robot Sensor Sales by Country (2020-2025)
7.1.2 Europe Robot Sensor Revenue by Country (2020-2025)
7.2 Europe Robot Sensor Sales by Type (2020-2025)
7.3 Europe Robot Sensor Sales by Application (2020-2025)
7.4 Germany
7.5 France
7.6 UK
7.7 Italy
7.8 Russia
8 Middle East & Africa
8.1 Middle East & Africa Robot Sensor by Country
8.1.1 Middle East & Africa Robot Sensor Sales by Country (2020-2025)
8.1.2 Middle East & Africa Robot Sensor Revenue by Country (2020-2025)
8.2 Middle East & Africa Robot Sensor Sales by Type (2020-2025)
8.3 Middle East & Africa Robot Sensor Sales by Application (2020-2025)
8.4 Egypt
8.5 South Africa
8.6 Israel
8.7 Turkey
8.8 GCC Countries
9 Market Drivers, Challenges and Trends
9.1 Market Drivers & Growth Opportunities
9.2 Market Challenges & Risks
9.3 Industry Trends
10 Manufacturing Cost Structure Analysis
10.1 Raw Material and Suppliers
10.2 Manufacturing Cost Structure Analysis of Robot Sensor
10.3 Manufacturing Process Analysis of Robot Sensor
10.4 Industry Chain Structure of Robot Sensor
11 Marketing, Distributors and Customer
11.1 Sales Channel
11.1.1 Direct Channels
11.1.2 Indirect Channels
11.2 Robot Sensor Distributors
11.3 Robot Sensor Customer
12 World Forecast Review for Robot Sensor by Geographic Region
12.1 Global Robot Sensor Market Size Forecast by Region
12.1.1 Global Robot Sensor Forecast by Region (2026-2031)
12.1.2 Global Robot Sensor Annual Revenue Forecast by Region (2026-2031)
12.2 Americas Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
12.3 APAC Forecast by Region (2026-2031)
12.4 Europe Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
12.5 Middle East & Africa Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
12.6 Global Robot Sensor Forecast by Type (2026-2031)
12.7 Global Robot Sensor Forecast by Application (2026-2031)
13 Key Players Analysis
13.1 Cognex
13.1.1 Cognex Company Information
13.1.2 Cognex Robot Sensor Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.1.3 Cognex Robot Sensor Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.1.4 Cognex Main Business Overview
13.1.5 Cognex Latest Developments
13.2 Baluff
13.2.1 Baluff Company Information
13.2.2 Baluff Robot Sensor Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.2.3 Baluff Robot Sensor Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.2.4 Baluff Main Business Overview
13.2.5 Baluff Latest Developments
13.3 Baumer Group
13.3.1 Baumer Group Company Information
13.3.2 Baumer Group Robot Sensor Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.3.3 Baumer Group Robot Sensor Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.3.4 Baumer Group Main Business Overview
13.3.5 Baumer Group Latest Developments
13.4 Ifm Electronic Gmbh
13.4.1 Ifm Electronic Gmbh Company Information
13.4.2 Ifm Electronic Gmbh Robot Sensor Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.4.3 Ifm Electronic Gmbh Robot Sensor Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.4.4 Ifm Electronic Gmbh Main Business Overview
13.4.5 Ifm Electronic Gmbh Latest Developments
13.5 Keyence
13.5.1 Keyence Company Information
13.5.2 Keyence Robot Sensor Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.5.3 Keyence Robot Sensor Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.5.4 Keyence Main Business Overview
13.5.5 Keyence Latest Developments
13.6 Rockwell Automation
13.6.1 Rockwell Automation Company Information
13.6.2 Rockwell Automation Robot Sensor Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.6.3 Rockwell Automation Robot Sensor Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.6.4 Rockwell Automation Main Business Overview
13.6.5 Rockwell Automation Latest Developments
13.7 Daihen Corporation
13.7.1 Daihen Corporation Company Information
13.7.2 Daihen Corporation Robot Sensor Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.7.3 Daihen Corporation Robot Sensor Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.7.4 Daihen Corporation Main Business Overview
13.7.5 Daihen Corporation Latest Developments
13.8 Infineon Technologies
13.8.1 Infineon Technologies Company Information
13.8.2 Infineon Technologies Robot Sensor Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.8.3 Infineon Technologies Robot Sensor Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.8.4 Infineon Technologies Main Business Overview
13.8.5 Infineon Technologies Latest Developments
13.9 ATI Industrial Automation
13.9.1 ATI Industrial Automation Company Information
13.9.2 ATI Industrial Automation Robot Sensor Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.9.3 ATI Industrial Automation Robot Sensor Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.9.4 ATI Industrial Automation Main Business Overview
13.9.5 ATI Industrial Automation Latest Developments
13.10 Sick Ag
13.10.1 Sick Ag Company Information
13.10.2 Sick Ag Robot Sensor Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.10.3 Sick Ag Robot Sensor Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.10.4 Sick Ag Main Business Overview
13.10.5 Sick Ag Latest Developments
13.11 Honeywell International Inc.
13.11.1 Honeywell International Inc. Company Information
13.11.2 Honeywell International Inc. Robot Sensor Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.11.3 Honeywell International Inc. Robot Sensor Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.11.4 Honeywell International Inc. Main Business Overview
13.11.5 Honeywell International Inc. Latest Developments
13.12 Datalogic
13.12.1 Datalogic Company Information
13.12.2 Datalogic Robot Sensor Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.12.3 Datalogic Robot Sensor Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.12.4 Datalogic Main Business Overview
13.12.5 Datalogic Latest Developments
13.13 Texas Instruments
13.13.1 Texas Instruments Company Information
13.13.2 Texas Instruments Robot Sensor Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.13.3 Texas Instruments Robot Sensor Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.13.4 Texas Instruments Main Business Overview
13.13.5 Texas Instruments Latest Developments
13.14 TDK
13.14.1 TDK Company Information
13.14.2 TDK Robot Sensor Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.14.3 TDK Robot Sensor Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.14.4 TDK Main Business Overview
13.14.5 TDK Latest Developments
13.15 Sensopart
13.15.1 Sensopart Company Information
13.15.2 Sensopart Robot Sensor Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.15.3 Sensopart Robot Sensor Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.15.4 Sensopart Main Business Overview
13.15.5 Sensopart Latest Developments
14 Research Findings and Conclusion
*If Applicable.