Report: 40% Surge in Workplace Robotics Sales

Wage inflation is fueling more demand for workplace robots in the U.S., according to reports. New orders for robots surged 40% year-over-year in Q1 of 2022. Roughly 9,000 robots — worth approximately $544 million — were sold compared to around 6,400 the same period a year earlier.

According to the Association for Advancing Automation, the leading industries for robot orders in Q1 were metals (+40%); plastics and rubber (+29%); semiconductor, electronics, and photonic (+23%); and food and consumer goods (+21%). Some are calling this the “summer of robots” as the industry enters a new stage of development. 6/6/2022