#IEEE--China’s National Development and Reform Commission has announced to set up a state-backed venture capital fund focused on robotics, AI and cutting-edge innovation. The long-term fund is expec...
FRANKFURT, Germany: #IEEE--China’s National Development and Reform Commission has announced to set up a state-backed venture capital fund focused on robotics, AI and cutting-edge innovation. The long-term fund is expected to attract nearly 1 trillion yuan (US$138 billion) in capital from local governments and the private sector over 20 years. This initiative aims to continue China's technology-driven success story in manufacturing: In ten years, the country's global share of industrial robot installations has risen from around one-fifth to more than half of the world's total demand.
"China has succeeded in upgrading its manufacturing industry at an unprecedented pace," says Takayuki Ito, President of the International Federation of Robotics. "Based on their national robotics strategy released in December 2021, the country has set an example of how to systematically strengthen competitiveness."
The Robotics success story
Chinese robot manufacturers have been able to significantly expand their domestic market share: Local suppliers' annual industrial robot installations in China increased from 30% in 2020 to 47% in 2023. These robot companies are benefiting from a growing Chinese consumer market. Various industries are expanding their automation capacity: For example, in 2023 nearly two-thirds of industrial robots in the electronics industry are installed in China alone. Chinese manufacturers supply 54% of the industrial robots for this huge domestic market.
Risk capital to innovate
As an important next step, China aims to integrate robotics with other emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, improved core components and new application scenarios of smart manufacturing. This is illustrated by China´s recent initiative to position humanoid robots as a frontier technology and the newly approved state-backed venture capital fund.
"China has demonstrated how to leverage huge economies of scale," says Dr. Dietmar Ley, Chairman of VDMA Robotics + Automation. “Massive investments are being made in humanoid robots, not only in China, where there is a national strategy for humanoids, but also in the US. Europe must not lag behind in this critical area. It is essential that European humanoid technology moves beyond the labs and into scalable, competitively priced production."
FULL TEXT press release: https://ifr.org/ifr-press-releases/china-to-invest-1-trillion-yuan-in-robotics-and-high-tech-industries
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