Andy Pye reports on the first Talking Industry online panel discussion of 2022, which focussed on robotics and advanced automation in the UK. Are we seeing the first signs that the lag in investment is finally starting to turn? Robot density is a metric used to compare different levels of automation in different economies. Globally, the average robot density has almost doubled in five years to 126 robots per 10,000 manufacturing employees in 2020. But the UK is the only G7 country with a robot density below the world average. The five most automated countries in the world are South Korea, Singapore, Japan, Germany and Sweden. However, current circumstances, pressures and incentives may see the UK start to move up the league table.
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