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IFR Best Paper Award goes to Ainhoa Urtasun

Award was presented for the very time at the CORA 2025

Sep 26, 2025 — Ainhoa Urtasun, Associate Professor at Universidad Pública de Navarra, received the first IFR Best Paper Award for her work on the introduction of robots in US manufacturing plants. Her key findings are that robotization creates new opportunities for employment and skill development in adopting plants and firms.

Global Robot Demand in Factories Doubles Over 10 Years

World Robotics 2025 Report by International Federation of Robotics released

Frankfurt, Sep 25, 2025 — The new World Robotics 2025 statistics on industrial robots showed 542,000 robots installed in 2024 - more than double the number 10 years ago. Annual installations topped 500,000 units for the fourth straight year. Asia accounted for 74% of new deployments in 2024, compared with 16% in Europe and 9% in the Americas.

President’s Report by Takayuki Ito

World Robotics Studies Published

Sep 25, 2025 — Today, IFR just published the latest World Robotics report looking at the performance of the global robotics market in 2024. Global new installations trended sideways in 2024.

Robotization - What's in for SMEs?

Topics and Definitions

Industrial Robots

The IFR’s use of the term “industrial robot” is based on the definition of the ISO: an “automatically controlled, reprogrammable multipurpose manipulator programmable in three or more axes”

Service Robots

The International Organization for Standardization defines a “service robot” as a "robot in personal use or professional use that performs useful tasks for humans or equipment”

Robotics Research

The IFR fosters links between the robotics industry and institutes. Our members engage in an intensive exchange on new technologies and emerging robots at the International Symposium on Robotics ISR

Position Papers

Information and IFR opinion on topical issues regarding robots and automation

Case Studies

Case Studies of Industrial and Service Robots. Robots in action can be found everywhere. Robot Manufacturers give examples of robot applications in different industries

Robots and Sustainability

Which of UN's 17 Sustainability Development Goals can be met with the support of robots?

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IFR Secretariat

The General Secretariat is responsible for the daily management of IFR and the coordination of all major activities, events and collaboration. The General Secretariat handles all questions regarding IFR membership.

Dr. Susanne Bieller

IFR General Secretary

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E-Mail: secretariat(at)ifr.org

Silke Lampe

Communication Manager

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IFR Statistical Department

The Statistical Department collects and interprets market relevant data on global robot installations. It handles requests regarding IFR statistics and the World Robotics report.

Dr. Christopher Müller

Director IFR Statistical Department

Phone: +49 69-6603-1191
E-Mail: statistics(at)ifr.org

Nina Kutzbach

Project Manager Industrial Robotics

Phone: +49 69-6603-1518
E-Mail: statistics(at)ifr.org


Dr. Anne Jurkat

Project Manager Service Robotics

Phone: +49 69-6603-1479
E-Mail: statistics(at)ifr.org