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This unique publication presents comprehensive global industrial robot statistics in uniform tables allowing consistent country comparisons. It contains detailed statistical data for twenty countries, broken down by application areas, industrial branches, types of robots and by other techno-economic variables. Data on production, exports and imports are presented for selected countries, along with detailed analysis of developments in 1996 and forecasts up to the year 2000. This publication is an indispensable tool for anyone interested in the development of industrial robots and the technological vanguard of modern manufacturing. Almost encyclopaedic in scope, it provides the foundation for further analysis.