Speaker A
China produces and deploys more than 350,000 robots a year. We, on the other hand, in the United States, produce more than 60,000. China has deployed over 50% of the world's robots.
US-China robotics competition: China deploys 350,000+ robots yearly vs. 60,000 in the US, while US manufacturers face a skilled labor shortage that automation could help fill.
Key Takeaways
- The US lags China significantly in robot production, deployment, and orders.
- High integration costs are a major barrier for manufacturers adopting robotics.
- Automation is seen as a key response to the US skilled labor shortage.
- Successful competition requires coordinated effort from technology developers, government, and industry.
What the video covers
- China produces and deploys more than 350,000 robots per year, versus more than 60,000 in the United States.
- China has deployed over 50% of the world's robots, a gap the speaker describes as staggering.
- The US faces a looming shortage of workers in their early 30s, creating demand for automation.
- Of recent robotics orders, China took over 70% while the United States took less than 1%.
- Manufacturers, who do most of the bulk manufacturing, find robot integration hard to afford because integration costs are high.
- Humanoid robots that can be trained for varied tasks are proposed as a possible solution.
- The speaker's project focuses on facilitating the technology side of robotics adoption.
- Government and industry must also help drive increased adoption of automation.
- Automation and robotics are presented as a way to fill the skilled workforce gap in US manufacturing.
- The panel is asked how this competition affects the companies represented.
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Speaker A
the gap is huge. On the other hand, we will have a gap of unfilled workers in early 30s. So, tell us from where you sit, how does this competition impact you? Both of your companies.
Speaker A
And so, this is a big challenge for us, I think.
Speaker A
enterprises that are doing the bulk of the manufacturing. It's hard for them to integrate robotics into automate because of how expensive it is, the cost of integration. If you can design a humanoid robot that is sort of trained
Speaker A
The gap is staggering. The gap is huge.
Speaker A
the project we've taken on is to try to facilitate the technology side. Of course, we also need government and the industry more broadly to help facilitate the increased adoption.
Speaker A
On the other hand, we will have a gap of unfilled workers in the early 30s.
Speaker A
So, there's huge demand out there, right? China took over 70% of those orders. The United States took less than 1%. So, when we think about what it's going to take to deploy automation and to deploy robotics and to help bring manufacturing
Speaker A
So, tell us from where you sit: how does this competition impact you? Both of your companies?
Speaker A
we're facing with a skilled workforce that is just not there. And that's an area that we find automation and robotics can really sit in that gap and help our our manufacturers.
Topics:roboticsautomationUS-China competitionmanufacturinghumanoid robotsskilled workforcerobot deploymentintegration costsindustrial policy
