12.0%
collaborative robots' share of industrial robot installations worldwide in 2024 (65,000 of 542,000)

What the chart shows

Collaborative robots are designed to work alongside human operators. 65,000 were installed in 2024, 12.0% of the 542,000 industrial robots installed that year, up from 11,000, or 2.8%, in 2017.

Traditional robots still make up most installations: 477,000 in 2024, down from a high of 495,000 in 2022. Collaborative installations rose every year except 2023, when they slipped from 58,000 to 57,000.

Key numbers

MeasureValue
Collaborative, 202465,000
Traditional, 2024477,000
Collaborative, 201711,000
Collaborative share, 202412.0%
Collaborative share, 20172.8%

How to read it

  • The AI Index text gives the 2024 collaborative share as 13.6%; that is 65,000 divided by traditional installations (477,000). As a share of all installations it is 12.0%, which we use.
  • The data file’s total row is left out of the chart; bar totals are the sum of the two types, which can differ by 1,000 from the installations chart because of rounding.
Source: International Federation of Robotics (IFR), 2025, via the AI Index Report 2026 (Stanford HAI), figure 4.5.3: Number of industrial robots installed in the world by type, 2017–24. Chart and text by AI Adoption.
Numbers checked against the published data on 20 October 2026.
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