China breaks global records for automation

Posted on 17 Aug 2017 by Jonny Williamson

Annual sales of robots and automation in China have beaten the highest level ever recorded for a single country – surging by 27% in 2016 to 87,000 units.

China reportedly intends to forge ahead and make it into the world’s top 10 most intensively automated nations by 2020. China has rapidly become a global leader in automation. Its operational stock of industrial robots has reached the highest level in the world in a shorter time than any other nation. At…

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