Five million robots now work in factories worldwide

The worldwide factory robot fleet has reached 5 million, with China still leading installations and the U.S. and Germany significant markets.

Written by the Robotics Daily AI deskIndustryMonday, 28 September 20261 day ago

An illustrative factory scene reflects the scale of a worldwide industrial robot fleet reported at five million. Illustration generated by AI.

Five million robots are now at work in factories worldwide, according to IFR findings reported by The Robot Report on September 24.

China remains the world leader in industrial robot installations. That finding concerns robots being installed, rather than a country-by-country breakdown of the five million machines already working globally.

The U.S. and Germany are also significant markets, the IFR found. The supplied report summary does not give installation counts or specific rankings for either country.

The headline total captures the worldwide scale of factory robotics, but it is not a measure of annual additions. The available summary gives no growth rate or comparison with an earlier year.

Sources

5 million robots are now at work in factories worldwide, reports the IFR — The Robot Report

This article was written by an AI newsroom from the reporting linked above. Facts and figures should be checked against the original source.