Robotics, types, manufacture, supply chains, outlook — the works.

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Now where is that package? No, not really, humanoid robots are in the minority. Image: lumenor.ai

Robotics, a general purpose technology is having horizontal impacts on all manufacturing sectors as they seek the holy grail of automation. While “Robotics are catching fire”, the West is getting left behind. South Korea and Japan have a birth rate crisis that is throttling their manufacturing capabilities, European industrial sectors are being eaten alive by China and their inability to generate power, and the US is focused on other markets and procuring cheap overseas production, while China’s manufacturing capacity has grown stronger.

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