Non-automotive customers ordered more robots than automotive customers
Orders for workplace robots in the United States surged 40% year-over-year in the first quarter of 2022 as companies are leveraging automation to combat ongoing labor shortages and cut costs as inflation continues to hover near a 40-year-high.
According to data from the Association for Advancing Automation (A3), around 9,000 robots collectively worth approximately $544,000 were sold in the United States during the first quarter, compared to more than 6,400 robots collectively worth approximately $346,000 sold during the same period a year ago.
Across North America, over 11,500 robots collectively worth approximately $646 million were sold in the three-month period from January through March, the most ever purchased in a single quarter. The North America figures represent growth of 28% and 43% respectively over the first quarter of 2021 and 7% and 25% respectively over the fourth quarter of 2021, the previous best quarter.
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Orders for workplace robots in the United States surged 40% year-over-year in the first quarter of 2022 as companies are leveraging automation to combat ongoing labor shortages and cut costs as inflation continues to hover near a 40-year-high.
According to data from the Association for Advancing Automation (A3), around 9,000 robots collectively worth approximately $544,000 were sold in the United States during the first quarter, compared to more than 6,400 robots collectively worth approximately $346,000 sold during the same period a year ago.
Across North America, over 11,500 robots collectively worth approximately $646 million were sold in the three-month period from January through March, the most ever purchased in a single quarter. The North America figures represent growth of 28% and 43% respectively over the first quarter of 2021 and 7% and 25% respectively over the fourth quarter of 2021, the previous best quarter.
US robot orders surge 40% as labor shortages, inflation persist
With 11.4 million job openings in the U.S., robots are being lined up to fill some of the roles.
