In the last few years, Thailand has made great strides towards Industry 4.0, aiming to become an Asian digital behemoth, according to the country’s Ministry of foreign Affairs. For this reason, the Thai government authorized $15 billion for industries in order to develop domestic economy. This strategic initiative, known as Thailand 4.0, focuses on manufacturing systems’ digitization by integrating novel technologies and systems such as smart machines, robotics and artificial intelligence methodologies. COVID-19 crisis has also strengthened this initiative, since lockdowns in many countries forced industries to utilize robots in their manufacturing process in order to minimize financial loss. In addition, funding has been directed to research and development of automation and robotics (A&R) technology with the aim of specializing a large portion of engineering graduates in this discipline. Some recent robotic systems developed by Thai Universities include: