China exceeds the rest of the world in work robots

There are approximately 4,664,000 industrial working robots worldwide, according to the International Federation of Robotics. More than two million of them are in China. And don’t count on someone who soon catches up. According to the report, the country has installed nearly 300,000 new robots last year and was responsible for 54% of all robotic deployments around the world in 2024. By way of comparison, the United States has successfully completed this figure, adding 34,000 industrial robots in the same time.

The Boom of Chinese robots coincides with the country to play the role of a world leader in manufacturing. According to the New York Times, China now holds a little less than a third of all world manufacturing production, compared to only 6% of the tart at the turn of the 21st century. This makes the current production of China larger than the combined manufacturing power of the United States, Germany, Japan, South Korea and Great Britain.

This gap seems to continue to widen. While China’s robotic installations have increased by one year over the other by around 7%, according to the International Robotics Federation, the following robo-foreliant nations have all seen their total installations drop. Japan decreased by 4%, the United States fell 9%, South Korea dropped by 3%and Germany has slipped 5%.

IFR also does not see the adoption of the automation of China stop soon. It provides that the country will see an average growth of 10% per year until 2028, mainly driven by the introduction of industrial robotics into new markets. The largest areas of growth of China in the past year included food and drinks, rubber and plastic and textile production, while the United States continues to see robotics mainly applied to more traditional areas of manufacture such as cars.

Interestingly, although the domination of Chinese robotics seems partly motivated by new technological developments such as artificial intelligence, the country is not that of humanoid robots compared to other industrial forces. The New York Times has attributed this to the fact that it is difficult to build a humanoid bot entirely in the Chinese supply chain, where sensors and semiconductors manufactured at the national level may be more difficult to find. Meanwhile, companies like Tesla and Boston Dynamics continue to promise humanoid industrial workers who will probably bring a high price.

Perhaps the biggest catalyst of the Boom of Chinese robots, however, seems to be human work. According to Times, the country has produced a large workforce of electricians and qualified programmers who can install and maintain robots. America slowly catches up with this front, the use of booming electricians – although there is a shortage of massive programmers who are not likely to be relaxed by the fact that the new costs increased by the Trump administration for Visa H1 -B candidates will be able to maintain competent work abroad.