Mechanical devices imitate human movements from surgical robots to exoskeletons

Global robotics industry

$28.3 BILLION in 2015

$151.7 BILLION by 2020

Global medical robotics industry

$4.2 BILLION in 2015

$11.4 BILLION by 2020

CAGR of 22.2%

Fastest growing

Abdominal (laparoscopy)

2015: $2.2 billion

By 2021: $10.5 billion

Key players

Accuray Inc. (U.S.)

Aesynt Inc. (U.S.)

Arxium (U.S.)

Bionik Laboratories Corp. (Canada)

Ekso Bionics Holdings Inc. (U.S.)

Hansen Medical Inc. (U.S.)

Hocoma (Switzerland)

Intuitive Surgical Inc. (U.S.)

iRobot Corp. (U.S.)

Kirby Lester LLC (U.S.)

MAZOR Robotics Ltd. (Israel)

Medtech (France)

ReWalk Robotics Ltd. (Israel)

Stryker Corp. (U.S.)

Market applications

Laparoscopy

Orthopedics

Neurology

General surgery

Non-invasive radiosurgery

Emergency response

Assistive/Rehabilitation

Prosthetics

Education/Training

Sources: Researchandmarkets.com; Small Cap Forecasting Inc.; ReportBuyer.com