The global and independent platform for the SAP community.
Community News, MAG 22-02

Robot density rises to record

Germany is the most automated economy in Europe: Robot density - the number of industrial robots per 10,000 employees - is rising to a new record.
E-3 Magazine
March 4, 2022
Content:
avatar
This text has been automatically translated from German to English.

With a total of 230,600 units, Germany has a 38% share of the total number of industrial robots in operation in Europe. These are the findings of the World Robotics 2021 Report, which is published by the International Federation of Robotics (IFR). Broken down by region, the average robot density in Western Europe is 242 units, in North America 167 and in Asia/Australia 134. The five most automated countries worldwide are: South Korea, Singapore, Japan, Germany and Sweden. France has a robot density of 194 units (16th place). This puts Germany's neighbors well above the global average of 126 robots, making them number one in Europe.

Globally, the average robot density has almost doubled over the past five years, rising to 126 units per 10,000 employees in 2020 (2015: 66 units

avatar
E-3 Magazine

Information and educational outreach by and for the SAP community.


All articles of the author

Write a comment

Mastering the Challenges of Transformation

The woes of the young CIO

AI must be seen as a team initiative

Working on the SAP basis is crucial for successful S/4 conversion. 

This gives the Competence Center strategic importance for existing SAP customers. Regardless of the S/4 Hana operating model, topics such as Automation, Monitoring, Security, Application Lifecycle Management and Data Management the basis for S/4 operations.

For the second time, E3 magazine is organizing a summit for the SAP community in Salzburg to provide comprehensive information on all aspects of S/4 Hana groundwork.

Venue

More information will follow shortly.

Event date

Wednesday, May 21, and
Thursday, May 22, 2025

Early Bird Ticket

Available until Friday, January 24, 2025
EUR 390 excl. VAT

Regular ticket

EUR 590 excl. VAT

Venue

Hotel Hilton Heidelberg
Kurfürstenanlage 1
D-69115 Heidelberg

Event date

Wednesday, March 5, and
Thursday, March 6, 2025

Tickets

Regular ticket
EUR 590 excl. VAT
Early Bird Ticket

Available until December 20, 2024

EUR 390 excl. VAT
The event is organized by the E3 magazine of the publishing house B4Bmedia.net AG. The presentations will be accompanied by an exhibition of selected SAP partners. The ticket price includes attendance at all presentations of the Steampunk and BTP Summit 2025, a visit to the exhibition area, participation in the evening event and catering during the official program. The lecture program and the list of exhibitors and sponsors (SAP partners) will be published on this website in due course.