Interact Analysis

Collaborative robot (cobot) and actuator suppliers are benefiting from the rapid growth in humanoid robot production. According to our latest research, global humanoid robot production exceeded 20,000 units in 2025 and is set to more than triple in 2026. Many humanoid manufacturers are prioritizing software, AI training, and application development, and then relying on established suppliers with proven manufacturing capabilities as production scales to source hardware.

London, 25th August 2026 - The global off-highway vehicle market is emerging from a 2024-2025 cyclical trough into a decade of steady growth, according to Interact Analysis. The latest Off-Highway Vehicles report from the market intelligence specialist indicates the market grew from 5.8 million units in 2024 to 6 million units in 2025. It is forecast to reach 7.8 million by 2030, representing an average annual growth rate of 5.3%.

Symbotic became the largest warehouse automation vendor in the Americas by market share in 2025, overtaking several established providers. Its rapid growth reflects a defining market trend. Amid investment uncertainty, automation spending favored vendors with strong customer relationships and clearly differentiated offerings. Find out more about our research.

If you drove through northern Germany on a cold February morning this year, you might have stumbled across something that doesn't quite fit the narrative of a country in industrial decline. In Flensburg, executives from defense manufacturer FFG gathered with local officials to break ground on 'Werk 3', a new production facility that will expand the company's capacity to manufacture military vehicles.

Artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming one of the most important technologies shaping the future of machine vision. While much of the industry discussion focuses on AI's ability to improve inspection accuracy, the bigger story is that it is fundamentally changing how machine vision systems are developed, deployed, monetized, and maintained.

Schneider Electric has announced an agreement to acquire industrial AI software company Cognite in an all-cash transaction valued at US$3.1 billion. Once completed, Cognite will be integrated into AVEVA, Schneider Electric's industrial software business, strengthening its CONNECT industrial intelligence platform. Founded less than ten years ago, Cognite has rapidly established itself as one of the leading providers of industrial data and AI platforms.

Humanoid robots typically contain between 1,000 and 2,000 semiconductor chips, approximately an order of magnitude higher than the content found in a conventional industrial robot. Interestingly, as shipments of humanoids scale from thousands to tens of thousands of units, the corresponding semiconductor total addressable market (TAM) does not expand linearly.

For most people, summertime is a period of vacations and fun in the sun, but for warehouse operators and third-party logistics companies, it means something entirely different. It's time to get ready for the holiday season. Summer is when all systems - receiving, put-away, picking, and shipping - need stress testing to make sure they can keep pace under the double, and even triple, volume holiday delivery windows.

$4.5 billion. That's the revenue generated from battery packs for off-highway machines in 2025, making them the largest opportunity of any electrified powertrain component. By 2030, that figure is forecast to approach $8 billion as electric machine production scales. This makes off-highway battery packs an attractive opportunity, right? The reality is very different. Battery pack manufacturers are chasing an off-highway market that is more crowded, more captive, and far smaller than many realize.

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