The new World Robotics 2025 statistics on industrial robots, published by the International Federation of Robotics, showed 542,000 robots installed in 2024 – more than double the number 10 years ago. Annual installations topped 500,000 units for the fourth straight year.
Asia accounted for 74 percent of new deployments in 2024, compared with 16 percent in Europe and 9 percent in the Americas.
Takayuki Ito, president of the International Federation of Robotics, says: “The new World Robotics statistics show 2024 the second highest annual installation count of industrial robots in history – only 2 percent lower than the all-time-high two years ago. [Read more…] about Global robot demand in factories ‘doubles over 10 years’, according to new report