Unsurprisingly, more robots than ever were shipped around the world in 2017, according to a new report. Even more unsurprisingly, this wasn’t to create some sort of robot army, but to assist manufacturing processes across the globe.
85 robot units per 10,000 employees is the new average of global robot density – image courtesy of Depositphotos. The new World Robotics Report released yesterday by the International Federation of Robotics (IFR), reported that the sales of industrial robots has increased 114% over just the last five years. 85 robot…
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