North American Robotic Market Soaring after Record Breaking Opening Quarter

Over the last few years, the robot­ic mar­ket in North Amer­i­can has been con­tin­u­ing to tick upwards, often break­ing records for robot sales. This has con­tin­ued into 2015’s first quar­ter, when indus­tri­al robot orders and ship­ment records have bro­ken 2014’s record.

Accord­ing to the Robot­ic Indus­tries Asso­ci­a­tion (RIA), a total of 6,895 robots, val­ued at approx­i­mate­ly $435.1 mil­lion, were ordered from North Amer­i­can com­pa­nies dur­ing the first quar­ter of 2015, show­ing an increase of 16 per­cent in units and an increase of 29 per­cent in dol­lars over the same peri­od in 2014. Ship­ping had excep­tion­al growth, with an increase of 60 per­cent in units and 24% in dol­lars over the 2014 numbers. 

What is dri­ving the sales num­bers? RIA stat­ed that auto­mo­tive relat­ed orders have con­tin­ued to dri­ve the market’s per­for­mance in the first quar­ter, increas­ing 66 per­cent in units. There were oth­er areas with notable robot­ic growth as well, includ­ing the life sci­ence and met­al indus­tries. The most sought after appli­ca­tions in this quar­ter are mate­r­i­al han­dling, spot weld­ing, and coat­ing/dis­pens­ing. With an esti­mat­ed 235,000 at use in U.S. fac­to­ries, the U.S. is sec­ond to Japan in robot­ics use. 

Are you inter­est­ed in con­tribut­ing to this con­tin­u­ing upward sales trend by out­fit­ting your shop with a robot­ic sys­tem or two? Robot­ic automa­tion can improve the pro­duc­tiv­i­ty of your appli­ca­tions through increas­es in speed, effi­cien­cy, and accu­ra­cy. If you would like to learn more about robot­ic automa­tion, please call the Robots​.com sales team at 877−762−6881 or online.