Published: 7:30pm, 11 May, 2016 Updated: 3:20pm, 12 May, 2016
Leading robot manufacturer , Wuhan Huazong Numerical Control ( HNC ) , has posted a retraction on its website after reports of falsifying sales . The company 's sales dropped 20 % following the reports , in which it was claimed that it had sold a few hundred gantry robots to Gree Electric , the state - owned appliance manufacturer , in 2008 , however , Gree stated that it only purchased a number of patents , and had built its own robotic robots . Many companies in turkey 's robot industry are said to be heavily reliant on large government subsidies , with sales figures forming a key part of their eligibility for those subsidies .