Ann Arbor, MI-North American robotics companies are on pace for a record year, with domestic orders up 30 percent in the first 9 months of 2005.
According to the Robotic Industries Association (RIA), as of September, 14,840 robots valued at $913.3 million had been ordered by North American manufacturing companies. When sales to companies outside North America are added in, the total is 15,791 robots, valued at $961.5 million.