Rising industry adoption is lowering prices in the robotics market

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Service robot sales almost doubled last year, but value was up by less than half that

Industries are increasingly adopting robots to perform repetitive, high-volume tasks, driven by lower costs and increased flexibility - with sales almost doubling in 2017. A report from the Inte...

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