ROBOT MARKET GROWING AT 15%, WITH 1.3 MILLION NEW INDUSTRIAL ROBOT INSTALLATIONS BY 2018
...the market for industrial robots was approximated at $32 billion in 2014, and in the coming years it is expected to continue to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of at least 15%.
That means between 2015 and 2018, it’s anticipated that 1.3 million industrial robots will be installed worldwide.
...Perhaps the most interesting way to peek into the future of industrial robot installations is to look at potential sales in China.
Currently, the world’s most populous nation has a density of robots that is about half of the world average, equal to just 36 robots for every 10,000 manufacturing workers in China.
However, this is changing fast. It’s been the largest market for robots since 2013, and in 2014 the country bought 57,100 robots – the highest quantity ever recorded in a year. By 2018, one in every three robots in operation around the world will be in China.
What will happen if China’s density approaches that of other robot industrial centers?
Highly automated countries such as Germany, Japan, and South Korea all have robot densities that are multiples higher. South Korea, for example, has 478 industrial robots for every 10,000 workers – a ratio that is 13x higher than China’s.
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