# The Industry Counts Every Robot It Ships. It Cannot Count the Workers Who Deploy Them.

- slug: the-industry-counts-every-robot-it-ships-it-cannot-count-the-workers-who-deploy-them
- date: 2026-04-21
- category: Robotics

We track robot installations to the unit. We count the system integrators who make them work not at all. That gap is starting to matter as robot sales hit record highs.

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