North American robotics market sets new records for first nine months of 2015
Robot orders and shipments in North America set new records in the first nine months of 2015, according to Robotic Industries Association (RIA) (robotics.org), the industry’s trade group.
A total of 22,427 robots valued at $1.3 billion were ordered from North American companies in the first nine months of 2015, an increase of six percent in units and nine percent in dollars over the same period in 2014, which held the previous record. Robot shipments to North American customers through September totaled 21,436 robots valued at $1.2 billion, breaking the previous record set in 2014 by 16% in units and 10% in dollars.