World robotics report: "All-time high" with half a million robots installed in one year

The new World Robotics report shows an all-time high of 517,385 new industrial robots installed in 2021 in factories around the world. This represents a growth rate of 31% year-on-year and exceeds the pre-pandemic record of robot installation in 2018 by 22%. Today, the stock of operational robots around the globe hits a new record of about 3.5 million units." "The use of robotics and automation is growing at a breathtaking speed," says Marina Bill, President of the International Federation of Robotics. "Within six years, annual robot installations more than doubled.