The Hidden Economics of Robot Resale Markets

A shadow secondary market, roughly 30% of global industrial robots, is turning old hardware into a financeable, liquid asset class.

• Secondary market scale: An estimated 30% of the global active industrial robot population operates in secondary markets, higher in Europe due to regulation and labor costs.
• Integration costs collapsed: Cloud-based offline simulation has cut labor costs for reintegrating used robots by nearly 50% over five years, improving used-unit TCO versus new leases.

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