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# 207,000 service robots were installed in 2024, about half of them for transport and logistics
- URL: https://aiadoption.org/data/service-robot-installations-by-application/
- Published: 2026-10-19T16:25:35.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-21T06:02:25.000Z
- Description: Service robot installations reached 207,000 in 2024, up from 205,000 in 2023 and 94,000 in 2021. Transport and logistics made up 103,000; hospitality fell from 54,000 to 42,000.
- Author: Manu
- Tags: Data, Robotics, #chart, #ai-index-2026, #hub-robotics

207,000

▲ 1.0% vs 2023

service robots installed worldwide in 2024, five application areas

20212024

## What the chart shows

Across the five application areas the IFR reports, 207,000 service robots were installed in 2024, slightly more than the 205,000 of 2023 and more than twice the 94,000 of 2021\. Transport and logistics robots made up 103,000, about half.

Professional cleaning (from 12,000 to 26,000) and medical and healthcare (from 6,000 to 17,000) grew most in 2024\. Hospitality fell from 54,000 to 42,000, transport and logistics from 113,000 to 103,000 and agriculture from 20,000 to 19,000.

## Key numbers

| Measure                       | Value   |
| ----------------------------- | ------- |
| Total, 2024                   | 207,000 |
| Total, 2023                   | 205,000 |
| Transport and logistics, 2024 | 103,000 |
| Hospitality, 2024             | 42,000  |
| Professional cleaning, 2024   | 26,000  |
| Agriculture, 2024             | 19,000  |

## How to read it

- Totals are the sum of the five application areas shown, from data rounded to the nearest thousand.
- The AI Index text says agriculture grew 2.5-fold and only hospitality declined. The data shows agriculture down from 20,000 to 19,000 in 2024 (it grew 2.5 times in 2023) and declines in transport and logistics as well as hospitality. We use the data.

**Source:** [International Federation of Robotics (IFR)](https://aiadoption.org/sources/#ifr-world-robotics), 2025, via the AI Index Report 2026 (Stanford HAI), figure 4.5.7: *Number of service robots installed in the world by application area, 2021–24*. Chart and text by AI Adoption.  
Numbers checked against the published data on 20 October 2026.  
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