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US Robot Density in Car Industry Ranks 7th Worldwide

Demand in General Industries rising above Average

Frankfurt, Mar 16, 2021 — The robot density in the US automotive industry hit a new record of 1,287 installed units per 10,000 employees. The United States ranks seventh worldwide. The density is similar to Germany (1,311 units) and Japan (1,248 units). China is in twelfth place with 938 units.

“Automation is the key not only to post-pandemic recovery, but to post-pandemic growth and progress,” says Milton Guerry, President of the International Federation of Robotics. “In the upswing after the 2008 financial crisis, companies like General Motors, Ford, Fiat-Chrysler, and Tesla invested extensively in robotics and automation. As a result, thousands of new jobs were created within the automotive industry. So many years and technological advancements later, we have the opportunity to learn from this success story and emerge even stronger than before.”

Growing interest by “general industry”

Robot density in the general industry is still comparatively low with only 139 units per 10,000 employees. Overall in all surveyed countries worldwide, the potential for robot installations in the general industry is tremendous. In the United States for example, yearly orders of robots from non-automotive sectors surpassed automotive robot orders for the first time. Sales of robotic units in the US increased 7% in 2020 from 2019. Year-over-year orders in life sciences increased by 72%, food and consumer goods grew by 60%, and plastics and rubber saw a 62% increase.

How to apply robotics

“To help educate companies about how to successfully apply robotics, AI, machine vision and related automation technologies, we’ve launched AUTOMATE FORWARD, a virtual show and conference taking place March 22-26,” says Jeff Burnstein, President of the Association for Advancing Automation (A3). “High-profile industrial experts and over 250 automation suppliers report about cutting-edge use cases for automation and what they recommend for the automation journey of companies either just starting or expanding their automation journey.”

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Assembly

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Monitoring

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Monitoring of the production with a Stäubli TS2-100 robot.

Programming

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Programming of a Stäubli TS2-100 SCARA robot.

Internal Logoistics

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Warehouse Logigstics

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Automous mobile robot transports finished products from assembly lines to the warehouse - optimization of internal logistics

Cobot Palletizing

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Safe palletizing with Yaskawa collaborative robot

Deburring and Chamfering

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Car Measurement

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Collaborative Robot Programming

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Programming and working with a collaborative robot.

Robot Vision

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Robot getting Eyes

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Mechanic setting up the vision system on an industrial robot.

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Aluminum Work

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Marble Work

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Milling Application

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The HSD electrospindles are used for robotic milling applications

Total Freedom of Movement - 7 Axis

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Overspray-free Paint Application

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Sealing Application

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Cobot Application

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Scara Production Line

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Assembly

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YASKAWA robots assemble robots for automation of the factory

Digital Supply Chain

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Soft Hand Gripper

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Food Packaging

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Laboratory

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Primary Packaging

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Smart Production

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Smart Production in a factory

Cobot mounted on AMR

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LARA (Lightweight Agile robotic assistant) mounted on MAV (Multi-Sensing Autonomous vehicle) palletizing products

Wire Cutting

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Collaborative Robot

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Electronics industry

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Automotive welding

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Automotive welding

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Robots welding parts in the automotive industry

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UR3 - ultra-flexible table-top robot

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Printing

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Labrobot

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The MOTOMAN dual arm robot in a biomedical cell where it performs all the necessary tasks in a laboratory environment.

Cleanfix

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ANT driven AGV

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