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  "version": "robotics-progress-v1",
  "checked_at": "2026-11-13",
  "scope": "industrial_robot_installations",
  "historical": {
    "edition": 2025,
    "source": "https://ifr.org/img/worldrobotics/Executive_Summary_WR_2025_Industrial_Robots.pdf",
    "rows": [
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        2022,
        552946
      ],
      [
        2023,
        541302
      ],
      [
        2024,
        542076
      ]
    ]
  },
  "latest": {
    "year": 2025,
    "published": "2026-09-24",
    "source": "https://ifr.org/ifr-press-releases/news/five-million-robots-now-operate-in-factories-globally",
    "global": {
      "value": 600000,
      "qualifier": "more_than",
      "label": "More than 600,000"
    },
    "stock": {
      "value": 5000000,
      "qualifier": "approximate",
      "label": "About 5 million"
    },
    "china_share": 59,
    "markets": [
      {
        "name": "China",
        "value": 354000,
        "qualifier": "rounded",
        "label": "354,000 (rounded)"
      },
      {
        "name": "United States",
        "value": 38500,
        "qualifier": "almost",
        "label": "Almost 38,500"
      },
      {
        "name": "Japan",
        "value": 36219,
        "qualifier": "exact",
        "label": "36,219"
      },
      {
        "name": "Republic of Korea",
        "value": 30000,
        "qualifier": "rounded",
        "label": "30,000 (rounded)"
      },
      {
        "name": "Germany",
        "value": 25000,
        "qualifier": "less_than",
        "label": "Fewer than 25,000"
      }
    ]
  },
  "rights": {
    "basis": "Limited attributed facts from public IFR summaries; original EBIGRAPH visualizations. Not an open-data license or a mirror of World Robotics.",
    "terms": "https://ifr.org/disclaimer"
  },
  "annual_2025": {
    "year": 2025,
    "value": 603000,
    "qualifier": "rounded",
    "source": "https://ifr.org/news/presidents-report-by-jane-heffner-3-2026/",
    "publisher_date": null,
    "edition": 2026
  },
  "h1_2026": {
    "region": "North America",
    "measure": "robot_orders",
    "period_start": "2026-01-01",
    "period_end": "2026-06-30",
    "units": 17995,
    "order_value_usd": 1166000000,
    "unit_growth_percent": 2.0,
    "published": "2026-08-11",
    "source": "https://www.automate.org/robotics/news/robot-orders-increase-in-q2-as-automation-demand-broadens-across-industries",
    "comparison_basis": "First-half growth compares aggregate reported totals, not a constant reporting cohort."
  },
  "china_h1_2026": {
    "measure": "industrial_robot_output",
    "units": 537689,
    "period_start": "2026-01-01",
    "period_end": "2026-06-30",
    "growth_percent": 28.0,
    "publisher_date": "2026-07-16",
    "source": "https://www.stats.gov.cn/english/PressRelease/202607/t20260717_1964159.html",
    "coverage": "Industrial enterprises with annual main business revenue of at least 20 million yuan. Growth uses comparable current-period coverage; historical published levels can have different coverage."
  }
}