The U.S. is struggling with a labor shortage that is hobbling its economic recovery, but companies are not sitting still as they work to keep production up and running. As these job vacancies increase, they are turning to automation to pick up any slack.
Orders for new robots have reached an all-time high in 2021. According to data from the Association for Advancing Automation (A3), a trade group for robotics firms, the total number of orders this year reached nearly 29,000. In total, this amounts to $1.48 billion in value with $513 million in the third quarter of 2021 alone.
A3’s president Jeff Burnstein said in a press statement announcing the data that companies are turning to robotics as a way to contend with ongoing supply problems and labor shortages alike.
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