Worldwide Robot Supply. The International Federation of Robotics estimates the worldwide supply of industrial robots each year. Figure $1\mathrm{.}9$ shows estimates of the worldwide supply of industrial robots for the years $2015$ to $2021.$ LO $1,2$

Figure $1\mathrm{.}9$ Estimated Industrial Robot Supply $(1000$s units$)$

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A bar chart with seven vertical bars plots industrial robots versus year. The horizontal axis is labeled $$Year$$ and ranges from $2015$ to $2021$ with tickmarks in increments of $1.$ The vertical axis is labeled $$Industrial Robots $($in $1000$s units$)$ and ranges from $0$ to $700$ with tickmarks in increments of $100.$ The data from the chart are as follows. $2015$: $230.2016$: $280.2017$: $370.2018$: $400.2019$: $465.2020$: $520.2021$: $600.$ All data are approximate.

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