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China installed 295,000 industrial robots last year, more than the rest of the world combined, and has over 2M deployed total. China makes its own robots (57% i
by decimalenough 8mo ago
China installed 295,000 industrial robots last year, more than the rest of the world combined, and has over 2M deployed total. China makes its own robots (57% indigenous) and its rate of robot deployment continues to grow year to year.
Meanwhile, the US installed 34,200, a decrease on the previous year, and virtually all of those were imported.
https://ifr.org/ifr-press-releases/news/global-robot-demand-in-factories-doubles-over-10-years https://ifr.org/ifr-press-releases/news/global-robot-demand-...
- avereveard 8mo agoDo these dance? And what was the % of industrial capacity non automated over this percentage increase, because of course an industrializing country will have more manual processes to automate.
- decimalenough 8mo agoYou asserted that American research is "financed by outcome potential not for grandstanding". But China is not just building dancing robots, they're also installing tons of industrial robots whose sole purpose is making money right now.
- avereveard 8mo agoWhat is the automation gap tho