{
  "slug": "cobot-shipments-2025",
  "url": "https://whirrwork.com/research/stats/cobot-shipments-2025/",
  "topic": "adoption",
  "claim": "Global shipments of collaborative robots rose 14.5% to around 57,000 in 2025, according to Interact Analysis as reported by Drives & Controls.",
  "figure": {
    "value": 57000,
    "display": "around 57,000",
    "unit": "units (approx.)"
  },
  "scope": {
    "geography": "World",
    "period": "2025"
  },
  "measure": "third-party estimate",
  "confidence": "low",
  "source_type": "secondary",
  "source": {
    "type": "secondary",
    "kind": "Secondary press reporting an analyst report",
    "name": "Drives & Controls (reporting Interact Analysis)",
    "title": "Cobot sales could double by 2030 as payloads rise and prices fall",
    "publisher": "Drives & Controls",
    "published": "2026-06-10",
    "date_note": null,
    "url": "https://drivesncontrols.com/cobot-sales-could-double-by-2030-as-payloads-rise-and-prices-fall/",
    "archive_url": null,
    "archived_at": null,
    "primary_note": "Interact Analysis collaborative robot report (paywalled; not read by us)"
  },
  "accessed": "2026-10-25",
  "last_verified": "2026-10-25",
  "stale": false,
  "quote": null,
  "quote_note": "Not quoted: commercial news article; figure checked against the article text and paraphrased.",
  "caveats": [
    "Secondary source relaying an analyst estimate."
  ],
  "verification": "Figure found in the source text on the access date (automated match, then editorial review).",
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    "status": 202,
    "checked_at": "2026-10-25T16:31:53.880Z"
  },
  "release": null,
  "report_url": null,
  "license": "CC-BY-4.0",
  "attribution": "Whirrwork (https://whirrwork.com), CC BY 4.0",
  "citations": {
    "apa": "Whirrwork. (2026, October 25). Global shipments of collaborative robots rose 14.5% to around 57,000 in 2025, according to Interact Analysis as reported by Drives & Controls [Statistic]. Whirrwork Research. Retrieved October 25, 2026, from https://whirrwork.com/research/stats/cobot-shipments-2025/",
    "chicago": "Whirrwork. “Global shipments of collaborative robots rose 14.5% to around 57,000 in 2025, according to Interact Analysis as reported by Drives & Controls.” Whirrwork Research. Published October 25, 2026. Accessed October 25, 2026. https://whirrwork.com/research/stats/cobot-shipments-2025/.",
    "mla": "“Global shipments of collaborative robots rose 14.5% to around 57,000 in 2025, according to Interact Analysis as reported by Drives & Controls.” Whirrwork Research, Whirrwork, 25 Oct. 2026, whirrwork.com/research/stats/cobot-shipments-2025/. Accessed 25 Oct. 2026.",
    "bibtex": "@misc{whirrwork_cobot_shipments_2025,\n  author       = {{Whirrwork}},\n  title        = {{Global shipments of collaborative robots rose 14.5\\% to around 57,000 in 2025, according to Interact Analysis as reported by Drives \\& Controls}},\n  howpublished = {Whirrwork Research},\n  year         = {2026},\n  month        = oct,\n  url          = {https://whirrwork.com/research/stats/cobot-shipments-2025/},\n  urldate      = {2026-10-25},\n  note         = {Original source: Drives \\& Controls, Cobot sales could double by 2030 as payloads rise and prices fall (2026-06-10). Licensed CC BY 4.0}\n}",
    "source_apa": "Drives & Controls. (2026, June 10). Cobot sales could double by 2030 as payloads rise and prices fall. https://drivesncontrols.com/cobot-sales-could-double-by-2030-as-payloads-rise-and-prices-fall/"
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