After record robot sales in 2022, North American companies ordered fewer for the second straight quarter in 2023 leading some to question if industry automation could be more stable.
Folding in first quarter results, 2023 orders are down 29 per cent compared with the first half of last year.
According to the latest report from the Association for Advancing Automation (A3), summarised in the release below, companies ordered 7,697 robots from April through June, representing a 20 per cent drop in value over the same period in 2022.
