Boom in robot investmentBoom in robot investment

1. statistics

2. prices

3. task area

4. consequence

1. statistics

- in 2003 there were nearly 900000 robots in use worldwide

- between 1998 and 1999 the world market for industrial robots increased by 15 per cent.

- robots are mostly used in the USA and in the EU

- in Japan and Korea there has only been an increase of 5 per cent

2. prices

- Prices for robots are plummeting

- in 1999 the price for a robot was one fifth of the cost of a counterpart robot in 1990

3. Task areas

- Automobile Industry

- Pharmaceutical Industry

- Food Industry

- Toy Industry

4. consequence- Changes in job situation

- Higher Production

- Shift of the market

- Change in everyday life

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