Most industrial robots can currently be found in the following ten countries: South Korea, Singapore, Germany, Japan, Sweden, Denmark, USA, Italy, Belgium and Taiwan. The Czech Republic ranks 20th globally with a total of 101 robot units per 10,000 employees. This is greatly influenced by the domestic automotive industry.
According to the 2017 World Robot Statistics from the International Federation of Robotics, in recent years the number of industrial robots has been growing the fastest in Asia - by 9% per year. In North and South America growth was 7%, and in Europe 5%.
The fastest development of industrial robotics is taking place in China. The number of installed robots here has risen from 25 units in 2013 to 68 units in 2016. Today China occupies 23rd position globally and aims to reach the top ten countries using industrial robots in 2020. By that time China counts on having 150 units, while wanting to sell 100,000 domestic industrial robots.
In the United States, the number of installed industrial robots has grown to the current 189 units per 10,000 employees. That means 7th place globally. Most of the robots are bought by the automotive industry (52%). Until 2020 the number of robots should rise by at least 15% a year here.
In Europe, most industrial robots are used in Germany, which also ranks third in the world in terms of its number of industrial robots (309 units). Until 2020 the number of robots here should continue to rise by at least 5% per year.
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