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Automakers are Leading Investors in Industrial Robotics
North American companies, led by automakers, increased spending on industrial robots in the second quarter, even as many businesses remained tight-fisted about other types of investments amid a prolonged trade war with China.
Companies ordered 8,572 robots in the second quarter, a more than 19 percent increase over a year ago, according to the Association for Advancing Automation, an industry group based in Ann Arbor, Mich.
