http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/science/02/23/micro.robot/

Engineers with a government national security laboratory have created what they think could be the world's smallest robot -- a brainy, mobile machine that can stop and almost sit on a dime.

The diminutive droid, which weighs less than 1 ounce (28 grams) and is 1/4 cubic inch (4 cubic cm) in size, could be equipped with a camera, microphone and chemical micro-sensor.

http://www.cat.csiro.au/cmst/automation/projects/dragline.php

This project has developed a swing automation system to improve the productivity of the swing-to-dump and dump-to-dig phases of a draglines operation. We are in effect turning a dragline into the world's largest robot.

http://www.bara.org.uk/irastat.htm

By 2003 there will be nearly 900,000 multi-purpose robots in use worldwide compared with 750,000 today, according to “World Robotics 2000”, a survey running to 350 pages published by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe in co-operation with the International Federation of Robotics.

http://www.fanucrobotics.com/News/PressReleases.asp

The M-6iB Cleanroom and its predecessors have an installed base numbering well over 10,000 units worldwide.

FANUC Robotics has ten regional facilities located throughout North and South America and over 1,000 employees. With more than $7.2 billion in cumulative sales, and over 100,000 units in service, the FANUC family of companies, including FANUC Robotics North America, FANUC Robotics Europe and FANUC LTD offer sales, engineering and support of robotic systems in over 25 countries across the globe.

http://www.bara.org.uk/pressreleases/pr49.pdf

University of Warwick study showed that last year 1941 robots were installed in UK.  This was the largest number installed in one year since 1978.

University of Warwick also estimates that there are 13500 industrial robots currently working in UK.

http://2kj.com/tuesday/robots00.html

The number of robots per 10,000 manufacturing employees skyrocketed from 1980 to 1996. For example, it went from 8.3 to 265 in Japan, 2 to 79 in Germany, 3 to 38 in the United States and zero to 98 in Singapore

In roughly the same time frame, the world robot population surged, going from about 35,000 in 1982 to 677,000 in 1996 and an estimated 950,000 in the year 2000.

In the five years from 1992 to 1997, the robot population in North America shot up 78 percent, from 46,000 to 82,000.

http://www.emeraldinsight.com/journals/ir/ifrnews.htm

The order volume for robots grew well on most markets in 2000. Our estimate for the world growth is 15 percent compared to 1999.

http://www.purdue.edu/UNS/html4ever/000114.Nof.robots.html

The population of robots nearly doubled over the last decade in North America alone, and they are becoming increasingly important in applications ranging from quality control to space exploration, surgery to the service industry.  (Written in March 2000)

In roughly the same time frame, the world robot population surged, going from about 35,000 in 1982 to 677,000 in 1996 and an estimated 950,000 in the year 2000. (Written in March 2000)