Global stock of industrial robots has more than tripled in the decade from 2013 to 2023
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Global stock of industrial robots has more than tripled in the decade from 2013 to 2023
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source: [https://ifr.org/ifr-press-releases/news/global-robot-density-in-factories-doubled-in-seven-years](https://ifr.org/ifr-press-releases/news/global-robot-density-in-factories-doubled-in-seven-years)
[https://ifr.org/ifr-press-releases/news/record-of-4-million-robots-working-in-factories-worldwide](https://ifr.org/ifr-press-releases/news/record-of-4-million-robots-working-in-factories-worldwide)
TIL that industrial robots are surprisingly energy efficient
https://preview.redd.it/k5g1r01qdzhf1.png?width=1293&format=png&auto=webp&s=fa99accb2b1785ccd5daf4485865e41417bc5ddc
* the article uses industrial electricity prices of 55 euro cents per kwh because it was written in 2022 at peak of energy crisis, but even then , it used the worst data point for residential prices, not industrial electricity prices
**curent average industrial electricity prices are 18.75 euro-cents /kwh , so the monthly electricity costs for an industrial robot in Germany are something like 15-30 euro** [https://de.statista.com/statistik/daten/studie/252029/umfrage/industriestrompreise-inkl-stromsteuer-in-deutschland/](https://de.statista.com/statistik/daten/studie/252029/umfrage/industriestrompreise-inkl-stromsteuer-in-deutschland/)