The International Federation of Robotics presented a report for 2022, according to which the volume of sales of service robots increased by 48% compared to 2021 due to a shortage of employees.
It is noted that 86 thousand robots, assisting in the field of transport and logistics (+44% to the figure of 2021) were sold. Also, interest in robots from the hospitality industry - tourism, the restaurant business and entertainment - was noted in different countries of the world. Sales in this sector increased by 125% (24.5 thousand robots were implemented).
8 thousand robots were purchased for the needs of agriculture (growth 18%). Home cleaning support started to be provided by 6.9 thousand new robots in 2022, which is 8% more than a year earlier.
The United States ranked first in the number of companies producing service robots (over 200). China is in second place (about 100), and Germany (85 companies) also made it to the top three. Russia did not make it to the top ten countries by the number of manufacturers of service robots. There are only 33 such companies in our country.