First used in the 1960s, industrial robots in manufacturing have become more widespread during the automation age—the increasing digitization of the economy due to the COVID-19 pandemic sent numbers even higher. In 2023 alone over 540,000 industrial robots were newly installed worldwide, bringing the total operational stock of industrial robots to more than 4 million.
Today, industrial robots are widely used across the manufacturing and logistics sectors, with early adoption in the construction industry. These robots are enabling enterprises to carry out work at larger scales and standardize many processes of the new global economy.
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