ANN ARBOR, Mich.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– #Automate2026–North American companies ordered 9,055 robots valued at $543 million in the first quarter of 2026, according to new data released by the Association for Advancing Automation (A3). Compared to the first quarter of 2025, this represents a 0.1% decrease in units ordered and a 6.4% decline in revenue1. While unit orders were essentially flat, order revenue declined year over year, driven largely by a cyclical decline in Automotive OEM orders, which fell 35.1% in u