Robot Orders Increase 40 Percent in 1st Quarter Amid Mass Quits, Labor Shortages: Report

Robot Orders Increase 40 Percent in 1st Quarter Amid Mass Quits, Labor Shortages: Report
Autonomous robots assemble an X model SUV at the BMW manufacturing facility in Greer, S.C., on Nov. 4, 2019. Charles Mostoller/Reuters
Katabella Roberts
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Orders of robots increased 40 percent in the first quarter of 2022, amid soaring inflation and labor shortages, according to a new report by the robotics industry’s trade group, the Association for Advancing Automation (A3).

According to the report, which was first cited by The Wall Street Journal, orders for workplace robots in North America rose by 40 percent in the first three months of the year compared to the same period in 2021.
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