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How many industrial robots were working in the world’s factories as of 2024?
4.66 million
robots
4,664,000 exactly, give or take
4.66 million industrial robots on factory duty — a robot workforce bigger than the human population of Ireland, and growing by half a million a year.SOURCEInternational Federation of Robotics, World Robotics report
Scale check: 4.66 million is roughly everyone in Birmingham.
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