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North American machine vision market up 9.2 percent in 2018

April 18, 2019 by Anna

North American sales of machine vision components and systems that provide vision intelligence to robots and other machines reached $2.874 billion in 2018, an increase of 9.2 percent over 2017 and a new record for the market.

According to statistics from the AIA, the industry trade group and part of the Association for Advancing Automation (A3), application-specific machine vision (ASMV) systems led the growth with $1.998 billion in sales in 2018, an increase of 7.8 percent over 2017, followed by smart cameras with $466 million, an increase of 14.2 percent.

Machine vision component markets also set new records in 2018 with $401 million in total sales representing 11.7 percent growth.

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Record number of robots shipped in North America in 2018

March 11, 2019 by Anna

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Robots shipped to North American companies in record numbers last year, with more non-automotive companies installing robots than ever before, according to statistics from the Robotic Industries Association (RIA).

35,880 units were shipped in 2018, a 7 percent increase over 2017, with 16,702 shipments to non-automotive companies, up 41 percent.

Notable growth came in areas like food and consumer goods (48 percent), plastics and rubber (37 percent), life sciences (31 percent), and electronics (22 percent).

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Filed Under: Industrial robots, News Tagged With: a3, north america, ria, robots

Record growth in US robotics, vision and motion control industries

February 26, 2018 by Anna

According to the Association for Advancing Automation’s (A3) annual report on automation and robotics market statistics, 2017 was a milestone year for the North American robotics market.

It surpassed previous high water marks in all four statistical categories: order units, order revenue, shipment units, and shipment revenue. The amount of robots sold in North America last year also surpassed all previous records.

Customers purchased 34,904 total units representing $1.896 billion in total sales. These numbers show growth of 0.9% in units and 0.1% in dollars from 2016.

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Industrial robots break records in 2017

December 20, 2017 by Sam Francis

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It’s been a record-breaking year for the industrial robotics sector, according to figures released by the Association for Advancing Automation, or A3. 

In the first nine months of 2017, at least 27,294 orders of robots valued at approximately $1.473 billion were sold in North America, says A3.

This is the “highest level ever recorded in any other year during the same time period”, says the organisation.  [Read more…] about Industrial robots break records in 2017

Filed Under: Industrial robots, Industry, News Tagged With: a3, association for advancing automation, north american industrial robots market

A3 reports record growth of robotics and automation sales in North America

August 18, 2017 by David Edwards

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The Association for Advancing Automation (A3) has revealed the results of its latest research on robotics and automation trends, sales, and growth.

As expected, many records were set in the areas of robotics, machine vision, motion control and motor technology for the first half of 2017, says A3.  [Read more…] about A3 reports record growth of robotics and automation sales in North America

Filed Under: Industrial robots, Industry, News Tagged With: a3, association for advancing automation, industrial robots, machine vision

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