IFR presents World Robotics Report 2022 #WorldRobotics
Frankfurt, Oct 13, 2022 — The brand new World Robotics report exhibits an all-time excessive of 517,385 new industrial robots put in in 2021 in factories all over the world. This represents a progress price 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 models.”
“The usage of robotics and automation is rising at a panoramic pace,” says Marina Invoice, President of the Worldwide Federation of Robotics. “Inside six years, annual robotic installations greater than doubled. Based on our newest statistics, installations grew strongly in 2021 in all main buyer industries, though provide chain disruptions in addition to completely 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 had been put in in Asia (2020: 70%).
Installations for the area´s largest adopter China grew strongly by 51% with 268,195 models 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 price signifies the speedy pace of robotization in China.
Japan remained second to China as the most important marketplace for industrial robots. Installations had been up 22% in 2021 with 47,182 models. Japan’s operational inventory was 393,326 models (+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 stage at 186,102 models 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 models in 2021. This adopted 4 years of declining set up figures. The operational inventory of robots was computed at 366,227 models (+7%).
Europe
Robotic installations in Europe had been up 24% to 84,302 models in 2021. This represents a brand new peak. Demand from the automotive business was regular, whereas demand from the overall business was up by 51%. Germany, which belongs to the 5 main robotic markets on this planet, had a share of 28% of whole 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 models in 2021. That is the second highest set up depend ever recorded, following the height attributable to huge investments from the automotive business in 2018 (26,723 models). The operational inventory of robots was calculated at 245,908 models (+7%) in 2021. Exports of commercial robots from Germany had been up 41% to 22,870 models, exceeding the pre-pandemic stage.
Italy is the second largest robotic market in Europe after Germany. The primary progress driver between 2016 and 2021 was the overall business with an annual common progress price of 8%.
The operational inventory of robots was computed at 89,330 models (+14%) in 2021. The 2021 outcomes had been pushed by catch-up results and earlier purchases attributable to a discount of tax credit in 2022. This created a 65% improve of robotic installations to a brand new document stage of 14,083 models in 2021.
The robotic market in France ranked third in Europe in 2021 relating to annual installations and operational inventory, following Italy and Germany. In 2021, robotic installations elevated by 11% to five,945 models. The operational inventory of robots in France was calculated at 49,312 models, a ten% improve over the earlier yr.
Within the United Kingdom, industrial robotic installations had been down by 7% to 2,054 models. The operational inventory of robots was calculated at 24,445 models (+6%) in 2021. That is lower than a tenth of Germany´s inventory. The automotive business diminished installations by 42% to 507 models in 2021.
The Americas
In 2021, 50,712 industrial robots had 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 models in 2018 setting the benchmark.
New installations within the United States had been up by 14% to 34,987 models in 2021. This exceeded the pre-pandemic stage of 33,378 models in 2019 however was nonetheless significantly decrease than the height stage of 40,373 models in 2018. The automotive business continues to be by far the primary adopter with 9,782 models put in in 2021. Nevertheless, demand had been repeatedly declining for 5 years (2016-2021). In 2021 installations had been down 7% in comparison with 2020. Installations within the steel and equipment business surged by 66% to three,814 models in 2021, placing this business into second place by way of robotic demand. The plastic and chemical merchandise business had 3,466 robots (+30%) newly put in in 2021. The meals and beverage business put in 25% extra robots, reaching a brand new peak stage of three,402 models in 2021. The robotics business gives hygienic options that skilled rising demand in the course of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Outlook
Rising power 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 larger. In whole, international robotic installations are anticipated to develop by 10% to nearly 570,000 models in 2022. The post-pandemic increase skilled in 2021 is anticipated 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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