May 31, 2021 — In the second of our two-part post on robots in healthcare we look at robots for cleaning and disinfection robots, surgery and rehabilitation and also robot assistants.
Smart robots for flexible production and resilient supply chains
Feb 25, 2021 — The COVID-19 pandemic has brought a number of recent developments in robotics into the limelight and is accelerating robot adoption in existing and new sectors. We look at five top trends.
Jan 05, 2021 — Experts in a virtual executive roundtable discussion hosted by IFR together with Messe München agree the most urgent challenge in up-skilling is ensuring effective collaboration between public and private-sector organization.
Dec 01, 2020 — New sales of professional service robots increased in 2019 by 32% over 2018 to US$ 11.2 billion, while the sales value of service robots for personal use is up 20% to US$ 5.7 billion.
Collaborative industrial robots show strong growth
Oct 29, 2020 — Manufacturers turn to automation in order to remain competitive in an environment characterized by customer demand for individualized products, labour shortages and a rapidly expanding range of robot capabilities and automation technologies.
Events
iREX 2025
December 03- December 06, 2025
International Robot Exhibition
Trade shows for State-of-the-art robots and robot-related technology, and component technologies
A3 Business Forum
January 19- January 21, 2026
Exclusive A3 members' event
Expo Manufactura
February 03- February 05, 2026
DIRA Business og ROBOTBRAG
May 07- May 08, 2026
Annual Robot Party
Elmia Automation
May 19- May 22, 2026
Automation fair
Automate 2026
June 22- June 25, 2026
The latest in robotics, machine vision, AI, motion control, and more
World Robotics - Industrial Robots: Global Robot Demand in Factories Doubles Over 10 Years
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.
World Robotics - Service Robots See Global Growth Boom
In 2024, worldwide sales of professional service robots grew by 9%, medical robots by 91%, and service robots for consumer use by 11%. More than 199,000 units for professional service robots and close to 16,700 units of medical robots sold were registered by the IFR Statistical Department.
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