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Automation continues to gain relevance across many industries as companies seek solutions to increase productivity, strengthen supply chains and respond to structural labor shortages. As the voice of the global robotics industry, the IFR continues to provide insights into technological developments and market trends shaping the sector.
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IFR is promoting women in robotics, giving them more visibility and acknowledgment in order to inspire girls and young women to pursue a career in STEM subjects or robotics and help companies to reach gender equality and overcome shortage of staff.
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Global industrial robotics installations are forecast to surpass 700,000 units in 2028 – representing a compound annual growth rate of about 7%. On their way to strengthen competitiveness, companies actively set up strategies to benefit from female participation. To give women in the industry more visibility, IFR awarded 11 women shaping the future of robotics in 2026.
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A new generation of AI-powered robots moving from research labs into the real world is fueled by AI tech companies and analysts forecasting a multitrillion-dollar market. The vision is to give artificial intelligence its own robot body. What are the trends, challenges, and commercial applications?
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The global market value of industrial robot installations has reached an all-time high of US$ 16.7 billion. Future demand will be driven by a number of technological innovations, market forces and new fields of business.
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Annual IFR surveys on industrial robots, service robots and humanoid robots are still open for data submissions. Find the details at our webpage.
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World Robotics Market Reports - online available
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Our latest Blogs and Portraits |
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I believe that technology must be guided with awareness. Automation should strengthen human capability and encourage deeper under-standing, not replace critical thinking or reduce intellectual breadth.
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Robotics brings mechanics, software and artificial intelligence together and turns human and digital intelligence into physical action.
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By moving forward steadily with the support of those around you, opportunities will continue to expand.
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Across every role, my purpose has remained consistent: empowering people. “Where many saw chaos, I saw responsibility.”
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Robotics is often described as a mature industry, with well-established actors, growing sales, and rather clear innovation directions and technological trajectories. In our recent work, we argue that vision–language–action models (VLAMs) may mark a turning point in robotics.
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The increasing adoption of robots has generated concern about the loss of jobs and skills. Our paper addresses these concerns by studying the introduction of robots in US manufacturing plants during the period 2010-2022.
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It is an “industry first”: In Cixi/ China, the Palcan Group is currently ramping up a fully automated production line for the stacking of fuel cells. Stäubli robots play an important role in the handling of sensitive and costly components like sheets and foils under the extreme conditions of a strong acid environment.
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SolarEdge e-Mobility, a supplier of power electronics, batteries, and electric traction systems for automotive OEMs, offers integrated electric mobility solutions for electric and hybrid vehicles. Their production facility in Umbertide (PG) houses an R&D team comprising over 60 engineers and technicians. They also maintain a presence in Terni, focused on Telematics, and in Germany, centered on e-Propulsion.
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For a sustainable circular economy, recycling plays an essential role, especially when electronic consumer goods are involved. The recycling of electronic waste can be harmful to human health and is therefore an optimal field of application for robotics and automation. The Irish technology company Votechnik has developed a system with a KR QUANTEC that can master these challenges.
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Rigdon, a tyre reconditioning company based in Günzburg (Germany), was facing major challenges in its internal logistics. As a medium-sized company that transports a large volume of tyres between various production stations and the warehouse on a daily basis, Rigdon needed a solution that offered both efficiency and flexibility.
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With the booming development of the electric vehicle market, the demand for lithium batteries continues to grow, the production efficiency and quality of lithium batteries are also increasingly high requirements.
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A necessary part of any manufacturing process is moving components from A to B. One of the leading shower enclosure manufacturers in Europe shifted this work from employees to a fleet of ANT driven AGVs. While previously employees would walk 20 km every day to bring components to their workstations, this labor is now completed automatically.
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Dr. Junho Oh, Head of Samsung Electronics’ Future Robotics Office has been appointed as the 12th President of Korea AI & Robot Industry Association (KAR) on February 25, 2026.
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ABB Robotics is leading the development of a technical specification for the International Standardization Organization (ISO), along with 11 other countries, to measure the energy consumption and efficiency of an industrial robot.
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IFR International Federation of Robotics
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