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Back to datasetsKey Variables Industrial robot stock; robot shipments; robot density per worker; sector breakdown AI/Tech Tracking Industrial automation/robotics adoption tracking Access Details Available for purchase from IFR; some aggregates freely published Notes Gold standard for cross-country robot adoption research; used extensively in automation+labor literature
IFR Industrial Robots
International Federation of Robotics World Robotics Statistics
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Visit Dataset- Specific Type
- Administrative/institutional
- Dataset Type
- True panel/Longitudinal
- Institution
- International Federation of Robotics
- Institution Type
- International Organization
- Level of Focus
- Industry; Country
- Most Granular Level
- Country-industry-year
- Perspective
- Neither
- Time Coverage
- 1993-present
- Frequency
- Annual
- Sample Size
- 75+ countries
- Geographic Detail
- International
- Industrial Classification
- ISIC
- Other Classification
- Robot type (articulated, SCARA, etc.)
Key Papers
Robots and Jobs: Evidence from US Labor Markets
Acemoglu, Restrepo (2017)
Tasks, Automation, and the Rise in US Wage Inequality
Acemoglu, Restrepo (2021)
Robots at Work
Graetz, Michaels (2015)
Acemoglu & Restrepo (2017); Acemoglu & Restrepo (2021); Graetz & Michaels (2015)