Robot 225 Thousand Sold During 2014

Sales of industrial robots in the world increased by 27 percent in 2014. This increase was driven by demand from the automotive and electronics industries, especially in China and South Korea.
Quoted by Reuters, the Federation of International Robot (IFR) said about 225 thousand robots were sold during 2014, nearly two-thirds of them are sold in Asia. Domestic robot suppliers in China said on 56 thousand robots were sold in China, about 16 thousand came from domestic suppliers. The rest, supplied from foreign suppliers such as from Switzerland, Germany, and Japan.
China has a ratio of 30 robot robotic circuitry than 10 thousand manufacturing workers. This comparison is lower than in Korea. Now, China seeks to increase the use of robots because of high inflation led to higher wages. This has an impact on the competitiveness of human labor.
Last year, the biggest market of robots namely China, South Korea, Japan, USA and Germany. Fifth markets represent 75 percent of global sales of robots.

Source : Republika