If there is any lingering concerns about the recovery of manufacturing from the 2008 crash and it’s impact on machine vision and factory automation, the latest report from RIA should put those concerns to rest. The Robitics Industries Association is reporting that the robotics market has set a new record for Q1 2022.
New statistics from the Robotic Industries Association (RIA) show that the North American robotics market has set new records to begin 2022 as a total of 7,406 robots valued at approximately $402 million were ordered from North American companies during the first quarter of the year.
The number of units ordered in Q1 is a new record among opening quarters, growing 7% year-over-year from 2021. Robot shipments also set a new opening quarter record, with 125 robots valued at $448 million being shipped to North American customers, which represents 2% growth in units 21% in dollars over the same quarter last year. Not all news was great, however, as order revenue decreased by 8% in the first quarter.
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