Robotics in the 21st century is the key driving technology and is vital for the future advancement of our country. In the year 2019, for every 10,000 employees there will be 55 units of robot in used. Moreover, the robotics market in Malaysia is valued at RM 359.14 million in the year 2020. Currently, there are 21 Malaysian-owned companies that manufacture and provide services on industrial robots, and predominantly small and medium enterprise in Malaysia will require higher technology adoption.

As stated by Khairuddin Rahim Deputy CEO of MIDA, the application of robotics system in the Malaysian context will increase product quality and productivity; decrease dependency on low skilled foreign labour and importantly increase the high skilled jobs for Malaysian. As well as that, application of robotics system also increases Malaysia competitiveness and this is in line with the national economic policies including the National Investment Aspirations and IndustryFWD (IR4.0).

The presence of robots in manufacturing sector have immense potential for the growing demand for automation across industries. For Malaysia to be internationally competitive in areas of robotics, existing hotspots must continue to help the growth the local ecosystem of innovation, with ready access to mentoring, finance, business and marketing advice as well as the opportunity to build connections across the value chain. Recently, Sophic Automation has been recognized by MIDA as a system integrator in the robotics ecosystem in Malaysia.