UK missing out on robots in manufacturing

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The UK has failed to make a list of nations that have increased their share of robots used in manufacturing.

According to Robot Race: The World's Top 10 automated countries from the International Federation of Robotics (IFR), the average robot density in manufacturing has risen to 113 units per 10,000 employees and Singapore tops the list with 918 units in 2019.

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By regions, Western Europe (225 units) and the Nordic European countries (204 units) have the most automated production, followed by North America (153 units) and South East Asia (119 units).

The UK failed to make the top ten and a wider list of 11 other countries. Germany came fourth in the top ten, followed by Sweden (5), Denmark (6) and Belgium/Luxemburg (10), and then Italy (11), Netherlands (12), Spain (13), Austria (14), France (16), Slovakia (17), Switzerland (19), Slovenia (20) and Finland (21).

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