Each year, the International Federation of Robotics (IFR), founded in 1987 and headquartered in Paris, announces the current status of the robotics industry. The federation estimates that the auto industry is still the largest user of industrial robots, with an average of one robot for every ten human workers. Next in line are the electronics, chemical engineering, metallurgy and machine industries.
1987 年成立、總部設在巴黎的「國際機器人協會」，每年都會公佈機器人產業現況，協會估計，汽車業仍然是工業機器人最大顧客群，平均每 10 名汽車工人就有一個機器人；其次為電子、化工、金屬、機械業等。