International Federation of RoboticsRobotics - the development up to 2019
More than 1.4 million new robots will be installed worldwide by 2019 - according to the latest forecast by the International Federation of Robotics (IFR). What are the drivers of growth? How are the individual sales markets and regions developing?
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... is particularly highly developed in automation. This can be seen, for example, in the robot density in the automotive industry. Among the top 10 nations with the most industrial robots per 10,000 employees, every second country belongs to the European Union.
The strong development of automation in Western Europe is also evident in the manufacturing industry as a whole. Of the 22 countries with an above-average robot density ...