North American robot orders rise 24.8% to 10,989 units in Q3 2026, A3 says

A3 chart comparing North American robot orders by industry for the first nine months of 2026 and 2025. — Association for Advancing Automation (A3)

Orders were worth $723.5 million, up 26.1%; semiconductor and electronics orders rose 97.6% in units and collaborative robots about 56%, while food and consumer goods fell 23.7%.

Read at DBusiness (reporting A3 data)

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