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Figure 2: Annual Worldwide Installations of Industrial Robots<br />
(Source: International Federation of Robotics)<br />
300<br />
265<br />
250<br />
229<br />
Units (x1,000)<br />
200<br />
150<br />
100<br />
29%<br />
50<br />
0<br />
1996<br />
1997<br />
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2011<br />
2012<br />
2013<br />
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2015<br />
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Additional Insight: The industrial robotics sector is undergoing rapid change and market growth. This expansion will<br />
continue to accelerate and usher in a new age of industrial robotics systems that will radically transform businesses,<br />
and thereby, societies. As with change of any consequence, the growth of the industrial robotics sector will open up<br />
opportunities for all members in the industrial robotics value chain, as well as other robotics technology providers<br />
and the investment community.<br />
6.2.2. Driving Growth<br />
Today, business drivers and political/social drivers, in combination with technological advancements,<br />
have greatly accelerated the expanded use of industrial robots beyond their traditional industries and<br />
traditional roles. Stakeholders promoting industrial robotics expansion—robotics suppliers, general<br />
industry, and economic development groups—do so for a variety of reasons depending on circumstance,<br />
but the overarching goals are relatively few and are summarized in Figure 3, below.<br />
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