Robots are only useful in certain industries, and these industries don't dominate US manufacturing the way they do in the robot-heavy countries. For instance,

Robots are only useful in certain industries, and these industries don't dominate US manufacturing the way they do in the robot-heavy countries. For instance, cars are built largely by robots, but aeroplanes largely aren't. Japan builds a lot of cars and no(?) aeroplanes, while the US builds a lot of cars and a lot of aeroplanes.