World Robotics 2026 Report by IFR released The global operational stock of industrial robots surged 9% to a record 5 million units in 2025. This was driven by an 11% jump in annual installations: Factories worldwide installed more than 600,000 new units over the year....

Following its liftoff from Cape Canaveral on July 21 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, the Mission Robotic Vehicle (MRV) hosting the NASA-supported Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites (RSGS) payload is now en route to geosynchronous Earth orbit, where it...

China has launched its 15th Five-Year Plan by placing robotics at the heart of its modern industrial system. The aim is to pivot its AI research towards physical applications with robots as main drivers for economic growth. This is a next step in the country´s strong...

The dream of deploying humanoid robots in every home has created a new type of job. The only requirements are a head strap, a smartphone and a list of chores. With the evolution of artificial intelligence, humanoid robots have become the latest frontier in the race to...

The global market value of industrial robot installations has reached an all-time high of US$ 16.7 billion. Future demand will be driven by a number of technological innovations, market forces and new fields of business. The International Federation of Robotics...

For years, industrial robotics evolved in closed environments: each manufacturer developed its own languages, architectures, and control protocols. This approach, while enabling significant advances in automation, created a structural problem—fragmentation—that limits...

IFR would like to give visibility and acknowledge Women in the Robotics industry that serve as a role model for the next generation. We will - once again - select a list of 10 women to officially award as “IFR's Women in Robotics: 10 Women Shaping the Future of...

The Spanish Robotics Technology Platform (HispaRob) held its annual national event on 25–26 November 2025 at the Las Naves – La Harinera complex in València, under the theme “Art, Science and Robotics: Technology at the Service of People.” The conference was organised...

PAL Robotics explores embodied AI and the evolution of social robotics at IROS 2025 At the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2025) in Hangzhou, PAL Robotics joined the global discussion on embodied AI and human-robot...

Key Takeaways Globally, there were nearly 4.3 million operational industrial robots in 2023, with China installing over 276,000 that year alone. India saw the fastest annual growth of industrial robots, rising by 59% annually—the equivalent of 8,510 new robots in...