IFR presents World Robotics Report 2022 #WorldRobotics
Frankfurt, Oct 13, 2022 — The brand new World Robotics report reveals an all-time excessive of 517,385 new industrial robots put in in 2021 in factories all over the world. This represents a progress fee of 31% year-on-year and exceeds the pre-pandemic document of robotic set up in 2018 by 22%. Immediately, the inventory of operational robots across the globe hits a brand new document of about 3.5 million items.”
“The usage of robotics and automation is rising at a wide ranging pace,” says Marina Invoice, President of the Worldwide Federation of Robotics. “Inside six years, annual robotic installations greater than doubled. In accordance with our newest statistics, installations grew strongly in 2021 in all main buyer industries, though provide chain disruptions in addition to totally different native or regional headwinds hampered manufacturing.”
Asia, Europe and the Americas – overview
Asia stays the world’s largest marketplace for industrial robots. 74% of all newly deployed robots in 2021 have been put in in Asia (2020: 70%).
Installations for the area´s largest adopter China grew strongly by 51% with 268,195 items shipped. Each different robotic put in globally in 2021 was deployed right here. The operational inventory broke the 1-million-unit mark (+27%). This excessive progress fee signifies the fast pace of robotization in China.
Japan remained second to China as the most important marketplace for industrial robots. Installations have been up 22% in 2021 with 47,182 items. Japan’s operational inventory was 393,326 items (+5%) in 2021.
After two years of declining robotic installations in all main industries, numbers started rising once more in 2021. Japan is the world´s predominant robotic manufacturing nation: Exports of Japanese industrial robots achieved a brand new peak degree at 186,102 items in 2021.
The Republic of Korea was the fourth largest robotic market by way of annual installations, following the US, Japan and China. Robotic installations elevated by 2% to 31,083 items in 2021. This adopted 4 years of declining set up figures. The operational inventory of robots was computed at 366,227 items (+7%).
Europe
Robotic installations in Europe have been up 24% to 84,302 items in 2021. This represents a brand new peak. Demand from the automotive trade was regular, whereas demand from the final trade was up by 51%. Germany, which belongs to the 5 main robotic markets on this planet, had a share of 28% of complete installations in Europe. Italy adopted with 17% and France with 7%.
The variety of put in robots in Germany grew by 6% to 23,777 items in 2021. That is the second highest set up rely ever recorded, following the height attributable to large investments from the automotive trade in 2018 (26,723 items). The operational inventory of robots was calculated at 245,908 items (+7%) in 2021. Exports of commercial robots from Germany have been up 41% to 22,870 items, exceeding the pre-pandemic degree.
Italy is the second largest robotic market in Europe after Germany. The principle progress driver between 2016 and 2021 was the final trade with an annual common progress fee of 8%.
The operational inventory of robots was computed at 89,330 items (+14%) in 2021. The 2021 outcomes have been pushed by catch-up results and earlier purchases as a result of a discount of tax credit in 2022. This created a 65% enhance of robotic installations to a brand new document degree of 14,083 items in 2021.
The robotic market in France ranked third in Europe in 2021 concerning annual installations and operational inventory, following Italy and Germany. In 2021, robotic installations elevated by 11% to five,945 items. The operational inventory of robots in France was calculated at 49,312 items, a ten% enhance over the earlier yr.
Within the United Kingdom, industrial robotic installations have been down by 7% to 2,054 items. The operational inventory of robots was calculated at 24,445 items (+6%) in 2021. That is lower than a tenth of Germany´s inventory. The automotive trade lowered installations by 42% to 507 items in 2021.
The Americas
In 2021, 50,712 industrial robots have been put in in the Americas, 31% greater than in 2020. It is a exceptional restoration from the pandemic dip in 2020 and the second time that robotic installations within the Americas exceeded the 50,000-unit mark, with 55,212 items in 2018 setting the benchmark.
New installations within the United States have been up by 14% to 34,987 items in 2021. This exceeded the pre-pandemic degree of 33,378 items in 2019 however was nonetheless significantly decrease than the height degree of 40,373 items in 2018. The automotive trade remains to be by far the primary adopter with 9,782 items put in in 2021. Nonetheless, demand had been repeatedly declining for 5 years (2016-2021). In 2021 installations have been down 7% in comparison with 2020. Installations within the metallic and equipment trade surged by 66% to three,814 items in 2021, placing this trade into second place by way of robotic demand. The plastic and chemical merchandise trade had 3,466 robots (+30%) newly put in in 2021. The meals and beverage trade put in 25% extra robots, reaching a brand new peak degree of three,402 items in 2021. The robotics trade gives hygienic options that skilled rising demand throughout the Covid-19 pandemic.
Outlook
Rising vitality costs, intermediate product costs and shortage of digital parts are difficult all branches of the worldwide economic system. However order books are full and demand for industrial robots has by no means been greater. In complete, world robotic installations are anticipated to develop by 10% to virtually 570,000 items in 2022. The post-pandemic growth skilled in 2021 is predicted to fade out in 2022. From 2022 to 2025, common annual progress charges within the medium to higher single-digit vary are forecast.
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