International Federation of RoboticsPlus 1.7 million industrial robots by 2020
The global stock of industrial robots will increase from around 1.83 million units in 2016 to over 3 million units in 2020, according to the International Federation of Robotics (IFR) in its recently published World Robotics Report 2017.
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74% of total sales of industrial robots in 2016 were generated in five main markets: China, South Korea, Japan, the United States and Germany.