FRANKFURT,Germany—The latest World Robotics report presented by the International Federation of Robotics shows an annual global sales value of $16.5 billion dollars in 2018, a new record.

FRANKFURT—Initial findings of the World Robotics Report 2018, published by the International Federation of Robotics, show that sales of industrial robots in India reached the new record of 3,412 new units installed in 2017. That is an increase of 30 percent compared to 2016.

FRANKFURT--The World Robotics Report outlook 2020, from the International Federation of Robotics, has forecast that 1.7 million new robots will transform the world´s factories by 2020. The report says that robot supplies in the Americas will surge by 16 percent and in Europe by 8 percent.