On top of that, good robot arms are expensive. Startups announce low-cost ones, but many don't hold up in continuous use. Universal Robot from Denmark seems to

On top of that, good robot arms are expensive. Startups announce low-cost ones, but many don't hold up in continuous use. Universal Robot from Denmark seems to be doing well Recently attending multiple industrial automation trade shows in China, I can tell you there has been a renaissance in robot arm production in the last five years. There are now many dozens of manufacturers deploying arms in real world manufacturing scenarios, where uptime matters. I can't speak for the quality, but if it's not there yet, it will be soon! One would assume this should effect some industry-wide price reduction.