Following the article we wrote on Monday about foreign robotics firms benefiting from a significant gap in China , the Business institute has released its 2020﻿﻿ ﻿estimates for global industrial robot manufacturers . according to the estimates , by 2020﻿﻿﻿ , global installations will reach 416,000 up from 300 this year and during 2015﻿ foreign companies will﻿ have contributed 41,000 out of the﻿ 56,000 industrial robots currently deployed in Chinese factories . Many of these﻿ foreign robot makers are situated in Europe or Japan . Despite ﻿﻿domestic robotics companies falling behind﻿ in China , the report suggests that companies like Foxconn plan to catch up with foreign robot makers , and encourage more competition in the industry over the next few years .
Following the article we wrote on Monday about foreign robotics firms benefiting from a technology gap in China, the Business Insider has released its 2020﻿﻿ ﻿estimates for global industrial robot installations. According to the estimates, by 2020﻿﻿﻿, global installations will reach 416,000 up from 224,000 this year and during 2015﻿ foreign companies will﻿ have contributed 41,000 out of the﻿ 56,000 industrial robots currently deployed in Chinese factories. Many of these﻿ foreign robot makers are situated in Europe or Japan. Despite ﻿﻿domestic robotics companies falling behind﻿ in China,the report suggests that companies like Foxconn plan to catch up with foreign robot makers, and provide more competition in the industry over the next few years.