The field of robotics fits well into the Israeli high-tech industry. It utilizes human capital and existing research and development infrastructure in the industry, which has reached a certain level of exhaustion and is looking for new avenues of growth to help the Israeli economy yearning to renew growth. Therefore, the field of robotics is a natural candidate for renewing growth in the economy, but there is an essential need to create an integrated and inclusive system (ecosystem) of academia, industry and users to create real and fruitful synergy and cooperation. A robotics center can serve as a catalyst for product development and their continued commercial development by old and new companies. Such activity may preserve the advanced industries as the engine that drives the Israeli economy and allow the employment of thousands of workers, the increase of the gross product and the expansion of exports by billions of dollars. Israel can be among the leaders in the world in the field of smart robotics.

In the Israeli robotics industry there are “islands” of excellence and it has a global reputation, at the same time it has not grown significantly. The reasons for this are varied and the main ones are a high technological entry level, a long and expensive development cycle, the multidisciplinary nature of the products and a lack of government support required to build an integrated system. 

In Israel, there is a limited number (a few tens) of companies that have created a breakthrough at the global level. There are also a limited number of attempts to combine academia and industry, but they are below the critical mass needed for the field to be considered a significant industry. It is important to note that the companies operating in the field, show high output per employee,  and are export-biased sales, compared to industrial companies, but still, the industry suffers from the fact that there is a shortage of skilled workers and there is a movement of professionals from Israel to abroad due to the lack of mobility between companies in Israel.