Which robots are rented in the world, from which countries and why?
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In February 2019, the English-language site for the international rental of robots LendRobots.com was launched. It was assumed that the owners of robots from all over the world would post listings there for rent. And those who want to rent a robot for exhibitions, celebrations and shows will contact them directly and place orders. Gradually, the audience of the site grew, but a year later an epidemic broke out, which in fact canceled all public events. And orders have practically stopped.
LendRobots.com shared which robots from which countries are rented and for which events most often.
The first request since launching the project in February 2019 came in May to Pepper robot for a dental conference in Los Angeles. Pepper is generally the most popular rental model. Simply the most famous robot in the world.
Countries.
Geography covers half of the world. There were no orders yet just from Australia and Oceania. Although Australian service operators are represented. Most often, orders come from Germany, the USA and the UAE (Dubai, Abu Dhabi). But India is also often interested.
Where else?
Thailand, Nigeria, Egypt, Greece, Singapore, Malaysia, Hungary, Canada. From countries not mentioned here, orders came one or two times.
What purposes?
Of course, these are usually parties, exhibitions and conferences. Less often - for educational projects (lectures, lessons, seminars), weddings, and filming of advertisements, corporate films, movies and shows. In particular, robots for TV series scenes were requested from England and the USA. In the second case, it was Amazon.
Which models are wanted?
Most often, the Pepper robot is of interest, as the most famous.
Clients also ask for Nao robots, from the same manufacturer, but they are smaller - only 60 cm. Nao are suitable for dancing on the catwalk, playing football or hand-to-hand fighting techniques.
Many androids of any size are suitable for performing dance numbers, and this is a very popular use.
Robots for communicating with visitors at exhibitions, that is, promoters and consultants are required no less. Usually, the customer does not specify their name, but only is interested in the necessary functionality and says wishes for height. Sometimes they simply indicate "humanoid".
And also robotic waiters.
90% of customers are interested in the aforementioned niche.
There are requests for robots for cooking. For example, a sushi robot. And selfie robots. There are several varieties of them. Either a simple selfie stick with sensors and the ability to follow an object, or a mobile photo complexes equipped with complex programs and sensors for obstacles, heat, and so on.
The least common requests are for industrial robots.
From which countries are the most owners of robots who offer rental services?
Countries in descending order of number of offers: USA, UAE, Germany, Great Britain, Russia, EU (excluding Germany), Australia, Canada. More than three dozens of countries in total. Of the exotic there are such as Nigeria, Ireland, Turkey.
It is obvious that after the pandemic, mass events will resume. Perhaps even tripled in strength. Marketplace LendRobots.com predicts that this will happen by the summer of 2021.
Therefore, the project does not lose heart and continues to develop.