Share: The money flow coincided with a massive surge in e-commerce orders and a shift toward smaller batch items (people ordering one pair of socks or a six-pack of baby formula). These trends are sending manufacturers and brands on a frantic hunt for ways to bring down the costs associated with warehouse tasks — sorting, picking, ordering and packaging — as well as improve radically the efficiency of the entire operation. The market shows no signs of slowing. The global warehouse robotics sector was valued at $3.5 billion in 2019 and is expected to reach $6.8 billion by 2025. Smaller, cheaper, more mobile Quantity and lucre aren't the only defining features of the industrial robotics age.