Original equipment manufacturer (OEM) proprietary robot controllers are specialized devices designed by robot OEMs to control and regulate industrial robots, which perform complex point-to-point process-intensive robotic operations.They also have a unique proprietary programming language that differs from one OEM brand to the other.OEM proprietary robot controllers dominated the global robot controllers market with a share of 89.45% in 2015. This was mainly due to their high suitability for process-intensive robotic applications such as welding, machining, forging, painting and dispensing in industries such as automotive, heavy machinery manufacturing,and aerospace that have high adoption of industrial robots.In this report, Technavio covers the present scenario and growth prospects of the global industrial robot controllers market for 2016-2020. The report also presents the vendor landscape and a corresponding detailed analysis of the top five vendors operating in the market.

PART 01: Executive summary ............................................ 6

Highlights 6

PART 02: Scope of the report ............................................. 8

Market overview 8

Market definition 8

Market segmentation 9

Key vendors in the market 12

PART 03: Market research methodology ......................... 13

Research methodology 13

Economic indicators 13

PART 04: Introduction ....................................................... 14

Key market highlights 14

PART 05: Market landscape .............................................. 17

Market overview 17

Market size and forecast 18

Five forces analysis 22

PART 06: Market segmentation by type ........................... 23

Market overview 23

Global robot controllers market by type 24

PART 07: Market segmentation by end-user ................... 32

Global robot controllers market in discrete industries 32

Global robot controllers market in process industries 45

Chemical and petrochemical industry 52

PART 08: Geographical segmentation ............................. 55

Market overview 55

Robot controllers market in APAC 56

Robot controllers market in EMEA 65

Robot controllers market in Americas 72

PART 09: Market drivers ................................................... 78

PART 10: Impact of drivers ............................................... 82

PART 11: Market challenges ............................................. 83

PART 12: Impact of drivers and challenges .................... 86

PART 13: Market trends .................................................... 87

PART 14: Vendor landscape ............................................. 90

Competition overview 90

ABB 90

FANUC 92

KUKA 94

Yaskawa Electric 96

PART 15: Key takeaways .................................................. 99

PART 16: Appendix.......................................................... 100

List of abbreviations 100

PART 17: Explore Technavio .......................................... 101