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World Robotics 2005 is the world’s only publication that presents comprehensive global statistics on industrial robots as well as on service robots in uniform tables allowing consistent country comparisons. Developments in 2004 are analyzed in detail and forecasts up to 2008 are presented. A whole section is devoted to case studies, showing actual robot installations and what effects they have on costs, production and employment structure as well as overall profitability. This unique Yearbook is an indispensable tool for anyone interested in the development of industrial robots and the technological vanguard of modern manufacturing.