Global Food Grade Soft Grippers for Robots Market Growth 2026-2032
Description
The global Food Grade Soft Grippers for Robots market size is predicted to grow from US$ 453 million in 2025 to US$ 580 million in 2032; it is expected to grow at a CAGR of 3.6% from 2026 to 2032.
In 2025, global Food Grade Soft Grippers for Robots production reached approximately 4.2 million, with an average global market price of around USUS$ 110 per unit. In 2025, the global 's total production capacity of Food Grade Soft Grippers for Robots reached 5.2 million. The industry average gross profit margin of this product reached 61%.Food-grade robotic soft grippers are robotic end effectors specifically designed for the food industry. Their core feature is the use of materials that meet food contact safety standards, and they have obtained international certifications such as FDA and EC 1935/2004. Utilizing the material's softness and adaptive deformation capabilities, they can gently and firmly grasp various irregular, fragile, or moist food items. While achieving automation, they effectively prevent contamination, damage, or deformation of the items, meeting the stringent hygiene and safety requirements of food processing and packaging.
The industry chain is clearly divided into upstream, midstream, and downstream. The upstream mainly consists of suppliers of core raw materials and components such as food-grade elastomer materials, sensors, and pneumatic/electric components. The midstream comprises the R&D and manufacturing manufacturers of soft grippers, who possess key technologies such as structural design, drive control, and material forming. The downstream is widely used in food processing, packaging, and catering services, and is expanding into industries such as medical and precision electronics that require clean and flexible operation.
This market has broad prospects and strong growth momentum. This is mainly driven by the upgrading of automation in the food industry, rising labor costs, and increasing food safety requirements. Future development trends will focus on materials science innovation, deep integration with collaborative robots and artificial intelligence to achieve smarter adaptive gripping, and further cost reduction through large-scale application, thereby replacing manual labor and traditional rigid clamps in more scenarios.
LP Information, Inc. (LPI) ' newest research report, the “Food Grade Soft Grippers for Robots Industry Forecast” looks at past sales and reviews total world Food Grade Soft Grippers for Robots sales in 2025, providing a comprehensive analysis by region and market sector of projected Food Grade Soft Grippers for Robots sales for 2026 through 2032. With Food Grade Soft Grippers for Robots sales broken down by region, market sector and sub-sector, this report provides a detailed analysis in US$ millions of the world Food Grade Soft Grippers for Robots industry.
This Insight Report provides a comprehensive analysis of the global Food Grade Soft Grippers for Robots landscape and highlights key trends related to product segmentation, company formation, revenue, and market share, latest development, and M&A activity. This report also analyzes the strategies of leading global companies with a focus on Food Grade Soft Grippers for Robots portfolios and capabilities, market entry strategies, market positions, and geographic footprints, to better understand these firms’ unique position in an accelerating global Food Grade Soft Grippers for Robots market.
This Insight Report evaluates the key market trends, drivers, and affecting factors shaping the global outlook for Food Grade Soft Grippers for Robots and breaks down the forecast by Type, by Application, geography, and market size to highlight emerging pockets of opportunity. With a transparent methodology based on hundreds of bottom-up qualitative and quantitative market inputs, this study forecast offers a highly nuanced view of the current state and future trajectory in the global Food Grade Soft Grippers for Robots.
This report presents a comprehensive overview, market shares, and growth opportunities of Food Grade Soft Grippers for Robots market by product type, application, key manufacturers and key regions and countries.
Segmentation by Type:
Hydraulic Drive
Electric Drive
Pneumatic Drive
Segmentation by Structural Design:
2 Fingers
3 Fingers
4 Fingers
Others
Segmentation by Materials:
Homogeneous Soft Materials
Composite Materials
Segmentation by Application:
Food Processing
Food Packging
Catering Service
Others
This report also splits the market by region:
Americas
United States
Canada
Mexico
Brazil
APAC
China
Japan
Korea
Southeast Asia
India
Australia
Europe
Germany
France
UK
Italy
Russia
Middle East & Africa
Egypt
South Africa
Israel
Turkey
GCC Countries
The below companies that are profiled have been selected based on inputs gathered from primary experts and analysing the company's coverage, product portfolio, its market penetration.
Soft Robot Technology Co., Ltd. (Schmalz Group)
Elephant Robotics
Dorna Robotics
Piab AB
SoftGripping GmbH
KUKA AG
SMC
Soft Robot Technology Co., Ltd.
Robot Anno
Ubiros
Festo
NITTA
OnRobot
Bridgestone
Suzhou Rochu Robotics
Tulip Techs
ROCHU
EMI Corp
Tech-Labs Pro
Dobot Robotics
Key Questions Addressed in this Report
What is the 10-year outlook for the global Food Grade Soft Grippers for Robots market?
What factors are driving Food Grade Soft Grippers for Robots market growth, globally and by region?
Which technologies are poised for the fastest growth by market and region?
How do Food Grade Soft Grippers for Robots market opportunities vary by end market size?
How does Food Grade Soft Grippers for Robots break out by Type, by Application?
Please note: The report will take approximately 2 business days to prepare and deliver.
In 2025, global Food Grade Soft Grippers for Robots production reached approximately 4.2 million, with an average global market price of around USUS$ 110 per unit. In 2025, the global 's total production capacity of Food Grade Soft Grippers for Robots reached 5.2 million. The industry average gross profit margin of this product reached 61%.Food-grade robotic soft grippers are robotic end effectors specifically designed for the food industry. Their core feature is the use of materials that meet food contact safety standards, and they have obtained international certifications such as FDA and EC 1935/2004. Utilizing the material's softness and adaptive deformation capabilities, they can gently and firmly grasp various irregular, fragile, or moist food items. While achieving automation, they effectively prevent contamination, damage, or deformation of the items, meeting the stringent hygiene and safety requirements of food processing and packaging.
The industry chain is clearly divided into upstream, midstream, and downstream. The upstream mainly consists of suppliers of core raw materials and components such as food-grade elastomer materials, sensors, and pneumatic/electric components. The midstream comprises the R&D and manufacturing manufacturers of soft grippers, who possess key technologies such as structural design, drive control, and material forming. The downstream is widely used in food processing, packaging, and catering services, and is expanding into industries such as medical and precision electronics that require clean and flexible operation.
This market has broad prospects and strong growth momentum. This is mainly driven by the upgrading of automation in the food industry, rising labor costs, and increasing food safety requirements. Future development trends will focus on materials science innovation, deep integration with collaborative robots and artificial intelligence to achieve smarter adaptive gripping, and further cost reduction through large-scale application, thereby replacing manual labor and traditional rigid clamps in more scenarios.
LP Information, Inc. (LPI) ' newest research report, the “Food Grade Soft Grippers for Robots Industry Forecast” looks at past sales and reviews total world Food Grade Soft Grippers for Robots sales in 2025, providing a comprehensive analysis by region and market sector of projected Food Grade Soft Grippers for Robots sales for 2026 through 2032. With Food Grade Soft Grippers for Robots sales broken down by region, market sector and sub-sector, this report provides a detailed analysis in US$ millions of the world Food Grade Soft Grippers for Robots industry.
This Insight Report provides a comprehensive analysis of the global Food Grade Soft Grippers for Robots landscape and highlights key trends related to product segmentation, company formation, revenue, and market share, latest development, and M&A activity. This report also analyzes the strategies of leading global companies with a focus on Food Grade Soft Grippers for Robots portfolios and capabilities, market entry strategies, market positions, and geographic footprints, to better understand these firms’ unique position in an accelerating global Food Grade Soft Grippers for Robots market.
This Insight Report evaluates the key market trends, drivers, and affecting factors shaping the global outlook for Food Grade Soft Grippers for Robots and breaks down the forecast by Type, by Application, geography, and market size to highlight emerging pockets of opportunity. With a transparent methodology based on hundreds of bottom-up qualitative and quantitative market inputs, this study forecast offers a highly nuanced view of the current state and future trajectory in the global Food Grade Soft Grippers for Robots.
This report presents a comprehensive overview, market shares, and growth opportunities of Food Grade Soft Grippers for Robots market by product type, application, key manufacturers and key regions and countries.
Segmentation by Type:
Hydraulic Drive
Electric Drive
Pneumatic Drive
Segmentation by Structural Design:
2 Fingers
3 Fingers
4 Fingers
Others
Segmentation by Materials:
Homogeneous Soft Materials
Composite Materials
Segmentation by Application:
Food Processing
Food Packging
Catering Service
Others
This report also splits the market by region:
Americas
United States
Canada
Mexico
Brazil
APAC
China
Japan
Korea
Southeast Asia
India
Australia
Europe
Germany
France
UK
Italy
Russia
Middle East & Africa
Egypt
South Africa
Israel
Turkey
GCC Countries
The below companies that are profiled have been selected based on inputs gathered from primary experts and analysing the company's coverage, product portfolio, its market penetration.
Soft Robot Technology Co., Ltd. (Schmalz Group)
Elephant Robotics
Dorna Robotics
Piab AB
SoftGripping GmbH
KUKA AG
SMC
Soft Robot Technology Co., Ltd.
Robot Anno
Ubiros
Festo
NITTA
OnRobot
Bridgestone
Suzhou Rochu Robotics
Tulip Techs
ROCHU
EMI Corp
Tech-Labs Pro
Dobot Robotics
Key Questions Addressed in this Report
What is the 10-year outlook for the global Food Grade Soft Grippers for Robots market?
What factors are driving Food Grade Soft Grippers for Robots market growth, globally and by region?
Which technologies are poised for the fastest growth by market and region?
How do Food Grade Soft Grippers for Robots market opportunities vary by end market size?
How does Food Grade Soft Grippers for Robots break out by Type, by Application?
Please note: The report will take approximately 2 business days to prepare and deliver.
Table of Contents
128 Pages
- *This is a tentative TOC and the final deliverable is subject to change.*
- 1 Scope of the Report
- 2 Executive Summary
- 3 Global by Company
- 4 World Historic Review for Food Grade Soft Grippers for Robots by Geographic Region
- 5 Americas
- 6 APAC
- 7 Europe
- 8 Middle East & Africa
- 9 Market Drivers, Challenges and Trends
- 10 Manufacturing Cost Structure Analysis
- 11 Marketing, Distributors and Customer
- 12 World Forecast Review for Food Grade Soft Grippers for Robots by Geographic Region
- 13 Key Players Analysis
- 14 Research Findings and Conclusion
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