The International Federation of Robotics counted a factory robot stock of 5 million after a 9 percent rise during 2025. Second place went to the U.S., at almost 38,500 installations. Japan dropped 19 percent and finished at 36,219. Installations for the year climbed 11 percent and cleared 600,000. China put in 354,000.
Factories worldwide added machines at a faster yearly pace. The 24 September release puts the gain at 11 percent and the count above 600,000 new units. China alone accounted for 354,000 installations, a 59 percent share, and its own tally was up 20 percent. Those three figures are the release's.[1]
The same table shows the American installation count growing 12 percent. That pace was enough for the United States to finish the year ahead of Japan. The federation's president, Jane Heffner, described a 5 million operating stock as more than twice what stood seven years earlier. A forecast in the same release puts 2026 at 655,000 new units, up 9 percent, and 2029 at 806,000.[1]
The release also points to artificial intelligence, machine vision and sensors as part of why new orders are rising. ASSEMBLY returned an error page, and The Decoder item in the same window was a different robotics launch, so neither became a second account of this table. The figures stay inside the federation's own 24 September text. The operating stock reached 5 million after a 9 percent rise in 2025. Second place is the U.S. at almost 38,500 new installations. Japan finished at 36,219 after a 19 percent drop. The yearly installation total climbed 11 percent and passed 600,000. China placed 354,000 of those, a 59 percent share, and China's own count was up 20 percent. The American installation count grew 12 percent. Jane Heffner described the 5 million stock as more than twice the stock of seven years earlier. The same release forecasts 655,000 installations in 2026, up 9 percent, and 806,000 in 2029.[1]
