It is estimated that the development of information technology, sensor technology, robotic
technology, i.e. mechatronics as a scientific domain, will result in a growing trend of service robots
for professional use in the future. Service robots for logistics Fig. 1b) have a growing trend
from year to year, so that it is predicted that approximately 1,800 units will be installed in 2014
in manufacturing facilities in factories [7‐10]. In just nine years, the number of applications for
service logistics robots increased nine times. The application of service logistics robots, which
are now affordable to smaller companies, aims at reducing labour costs.