IFRGermany in 1st place for robots in Europe
With around 221,500 industrial robots, Germany is the most automated economy in the EU - the number increased by 3% (2019). This was reported by the International Federation of Robotics (IFR) with the publication of the World Robotics 2020 yearbook.
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Sales of cobots rose by 11% in 2019 - in complete contrast to the trend for traditional industrial robots. As more and more manufacturers are offering collaborative robots and the range of applications is expanding at the same time, the market share rose to 4.8% in 2019. Nevertheless, this market is still in its infancy: of the 373,000 industrial robots sold to date, only around 18,000 units are cobots.