An increase in automation continues. As these creep toward new flexibly and new industries, expect more. Also as we start to include 'robotic', cognitive and decision-enabled, multi stage processes, in the definition with 'Process Automation'.
U.S. Companies Put Record Number of Robots to Work in 2018 In Reuters
U.S. companies installed more robots last year, thanks to more affordable and flexible machines that opened up their use in industries beyond traditional car assembly plants. The Association for Advancing Automation estimated an almost 16% year-over-year gain in robot shipments in 2018, for a total of 28,478. All tracked sectors saw more shipments, apart from automotive, as automakers cut back after completing a major round of upgrades for new truck models. Robot shipments to food and consumer goods companies climbed 60% compared to 2017, while shipments to semiconductor and electronics plants rose more than 50%, and shipments to metal producers increased 13%. The association said last year marked the first time since 2010 that auto and auto-parts manufacturers failed to comprise more than half of annual robot shipments. .... "
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