Methodology
How a figure qualifies
Every figure carries a source, a retrieval date and a confidence mark. A figure that cannot carry all three is held out of the published tables and counted as held back.
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Questions this dataset can answer
Each answer links to the page and the source it rests on.
How many industrial robots are in operation worldwide?
4,664,000 units were in operational use in 2024, a 9% increase year on year, according to IFR's World Robotics 2025 statistics.
How many robots were installed in 2024?
542,000 industrial robots were installed in 2024 — the fourth consecutive year above 500,000 units. Asia took 74% of new deployments, Europe 16% and the Americas 9%.
How much has been invested in robotics in 2026?
Dealroom put robotics venture funding at $55.8B for 2026 as of 10 June, reported by CNBC. That is a third-party dataset whose deal list is not auditable row by row, so we score it Medium and never restate it as our own count.
Which humanoid robotics companies have raised the most?
Of the rounds we verified individually, Neura Robotics raised up to $1.4B, Apptronik $520M at a $5B valuation, and Humanoid $152M at $1.35B post-money. Figure AI's total raised is reported at about $2.34B.
Are humanoid robots actually deployed commercially?
Very few. Across our tracked entries, Announced outnumbers Deployed and Pilot combined. We assign status from evidence — commercial revenue or a named customer for Deployed, a paid or announced pilot for Pilot — not from company language.
How many robots did the United States install in 2025?
38,000 units, up 11% year on year, according to IFR preliminary results published on 18 June 2026. Preliminary figures are subject to revision in the annual report.
Which safety standards apply to industrial robots?
ISO 10218 covers safety requirements for industrial robots and robot systems, ISO/TS 15066 covers collaborative operation including power and force limiting, and ANSI/RIA R15.06 is the US national adoption. OSHA publishes enforcement-relevant guidance. Each is cited and linked to its issuing body.
How do you decide whether a figure is trustworthy?
Four scores applied per field, not per page: High for a primary source, Medium for reputable secondary reporting or a published-method dataset, Developing for single-source or company-reported claims, and Unverified for anything we cannot source — which is never published as a number.