International Federation of Robotics: 500K+ industrial robots were installed in 2021, an all-time high, bringing the number of global installations to 3.5M (Christopher Mims/Wall Street Journal)

Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal:
International Federation of Robotics: 500K+ industrial robots were installed in 2021, an all-time high, bringing the number of global installations to 3.5M  —  Robots are spreading at a record pace, from their traditional strongholds like making automobiles into nearly every other human endeavor