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The overall forecast for all professional service robots combined is very positive for the robotics association IFR: According to this, sales of the approximately 333,000 new units will increase to a total value of USD 23.1 billion between 2016 and 2019. A sales value of a similar magnitude is expected for the business with private service robots: The approximately 42 million units forecast will generate a total of USD 22.4 billion. Broken down by area of application, ...