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Austria Industrie 4.0 Report: Cobot Adoption Up 34% in 2025
September 20, 2025
Austria's annual smart manufacturing survey shows accelerating adoption of collaborative robots across SME manufacturing sectors.
The Austrian Federal Ministry for Digital and Economic Affairs published its 2025 Industrie 4.0 Status Report, revealing a 34% year-on-year increase in collaborative robot deployments among Austrian SMEs. Linz and Graz emerged as leading hubs, with three K-AUT partner firms — including AVL List GmbH — cited as early adopters of AI-integrated cobot safety certification methodologies co-developed with Korean counterparts.