PLAYERS

TRENDS
Robotic use case trends
Technology trends
Macroeconomic trends
Regulatory trends
Robotics trends in utilities

INDUSTRY ANALYSIS
Market size and growth forecasts
Case study: Ocado
Mergers and acquisitions
Timeline
Impact of robotics on utilities
Utilities case studies
Key recommendations for utilities
Key recommendations for robotics companies

VALUE CHAIN
Robot manufacturers
Software components - the brains
Hardware components

COMPANIES SECTION
Public companies
Private companies
Utility companies

GLOSSARY

APPENDIX: OUR THEMATIC RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

Companies Mentioned
- National Grid
- Con Edison
- Southern Gas Networks (SGN)
- State Grid corporation of China (SGCC)
- Hydro-Québec
- BC Hydro
- New York Power Authority
- State Grid Tianjin Electric Power Company
- ULC Robotics
- Rovco
- Plant Integrity Ltd
- Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult
- Wootzano Ltd
- SkySpecs
- Vestas
- PrecisionHawk
- Ecoppia
- Enel Green Power
- Sandia National Laboratories
- Force Technology
- Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy
- GE

Title: Robotics in Power - Thematic Research

Summary
Power utilities place their bets on robotics

Power utilities are increasingly using robotics to handle the inspection of risky, time-consuming, and hard to reach assets, as well as maintaining those assets and improving their operations.Robots and drones now play a crucial role in the power utilities space in areas such as operations and maintenance (O&M) and asset inspection, leading to savings on O&M costs.

For the power industry, the main goal of robots and drones is attaining complete autonomy, without requiring human intervention, to perform inspection, maintenance, and repair activities at dangerous areas or sites such as nuclear facilities, bases of hydropower dams, and transmission and distribution (T&D) lines. Robots and drones have penetrated their way into the power industry and are finding applications across various segments such as T&D, wind, solar, nuclear, hydropower and fossil fuels.

Scope
- This report explores the impact of robotics and drones in the utilities industry.
- The report highlights three main use cases for robotics in utilities, and these apply primarily to asset-heavy segments of the sector including generation and transmission and distribution.
- The report also explores utilities case studies.
- The report further divides the robot value chain into three core segments - robot manufacturers, robot brains, and robotic components.
- The report also highlights key players in every segment, including industrial robotics, service robots, drones, software components, hardware components, and power utilities.