{"id": 1227959, "name": "Total industrial robots in operation", "unit": "robots", "createdAt": "2026-04-24T10:39:37.000Z", "updatedAt": "2026-04-24T10:39:37.000Z", "coverage": "", "timespan": "2012-2024", "datasetId": 7803, "shortUnit": "", "columnOrder": 0, "shortName": "industrial_robot_stock", "catalogPath": "grapher/artificial_intelligence/2026-04-20/ai_index/industrial_robots#industrial_robot_stock", "descriptionShort": "Estimated number of industrial robots in operation.", "type": "int", "grapherConfigIdETL": "019dbf12-db2e-71b6-ba35-310206ce0198", "datasetName": "AI Index Report", "updatePeriodDays": 365, "datasetVersion": "2026-04-20", "nonRedistributable": false, "display": {"unit": "robots", "numDecimalPlaces": 0}, "schemaVersion": 2, "processingLevel": "minor", "presentation": {"attribution": "International Federation of Robotics via AI Index Report (2026)", "topicTagsLinks": ["Artificial Intelligence"]}, "descriptionKey": ["Industrial robots are automatically controlled, reprogrammable machines used in factories to automate tasks like welding, assembly, and packaging.", "The operational stock is the estimated number of industrial robots currently in use.", "This covers physical industrial robots as defined by the International Federation of Robotics, rather than other forms of automation such as software bots or autonomous vehicles.", "For Japan, the stock is reported by the Japan Robot Association. For most other countries, the IFR estimates it by summing robot installations over the previous 12 years.", "This assumes robots are withdrawn after 12 years of service. Studies suggest the true average service life may be closer to 15 years, while tax depreciation schedules in Germany and the United States imply as few as 5 to 6 years, so figures should be interpreted as estimates rather than direct counts."], "dimensions": {"years": {"values": [{"id": 2012}, {"id": 2013}, {"id": 2014}, {"id": 2015}, {"id": 2016}, {"id": 2017}, {"id": 2018}, {"id": 2019}, {"id": 2020}, {"id": 2021}, {"id": 2022}, {"id": 2023}, {"id": 2024}]}, "entities": {"values": [{"id": 355, "name": "World", "code": "OWID_WRL"}]}}, "origins": [{"id": 14378, "title": "AI Index Report", "description": "The AI Index Report tracks, collates, distills, and visualizes data related to artificial intelligence (AI). The mission is to provide unbiased, rigorously vetted, broadly sourced data to enable policymakers, researchers, executives, journalists, and the general public to develop a more thorough and nuanced understanding of the complex field of AI.", "producer": "AI Index Report", "citationFull": "Sha Sajadieh, Loredana Fattorini, Raymond Perrault, Yolanda Gil, Vanessa Parli, Lapo Santarlasci, Juan Pava, Nestor Maslej, Russ Altman, Erik Brynjolfsson, Carla Brodley, Jack Clark, Virginia Dignum, Vipin Kumar, James Landay, Terah Lyons, James Manyika, Juan Carlos Niebles, Yoav Shoham, Elham Tabassi, Russell Wald, Toby Walsh, Dan Weld. \u201cThe AI Index 2026 Annual Report,\u201d AI Index Steering Committee, Institute for Human-Centered AI, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, April 2026.", "attributionShort": "AI Index Report", "urlMain": "https://hai.stanford.edu/assets/files/ai_index_report_2026.pdf", "dateAccessed": "2026-04-20", "datePublished": "2026-04-13", "license": {"url": "https://hai.stanford.edu/assets/files/ai_index_report_2026.pdf", "name": "CC BY-ND 4.0"}}]}