According to Reuters, robots used to automate China's manufacturing industry are being﻿ predominantly imported from foreign countries, such as Germany and Japan. The report also states that the Chinese government is investing heavily in artificial intelligence (AI) research with a goal of creating an AI superpower. FANUC Corp (Japanese) or Siemens (German). This is one example of how the technology gap between Chinese and foreign firms, specialising in industrial automation, is widening, highlighting the need for China to look after its own domestic robotics industry.
According to Reuters, robots used to automate China's manufacturing industry are being﻿ predominantly imported from foreign countries, such as Germany and Japan. Dalian Machine Tools Group (DMTG) is a Chinese firm, which represents the vision of an automated future for Chinese manufacturing, making everything from smartphones to cement trucks, although the machines DMTG is﻿ using are either from FANUC Corp (Japanese) or Siemens (German). This is one example of how the technology gap between Chinese and foreign firms, specialising in industrial automation, is widening, highlighting the need for China to look after its own domestic robotics industry.