China will be the country with the highest number of robots in 2017. This was conveyed by the International Federation of Robotics (IFR).
China is currently the largest market robots with US $ 9.5 billion (or US $ 29 billion if the count of parts and its software). However, the ratio of the robot with workers in China is still below other countries.
China has a ratio of 30 robots per 10,000 workers manufacturing, while South Korea has a ratio of 437: 10 000, Japan 323, Germany and US 152.
IFR estimate the number of robots in China will double to 428,000 by 2017.
Driving growth in China, according to IFR robot is rapid advancement of automotive and electronics industries combined with rising labor costs.
"Companies are forced to invest more to buy robots to be more productive and maintain quality," said Gudrun Litzenberger, general secretary of the IFR.
"Currently, automotive indutsri which is the motor of growth in China, but the robot in two-three years, the growth will be driven by the electronics industry," he added.
Japan is still the country with the most current robot. Japanese robot control 60 percent of the market in the world. China controls 25 percent of the market.
Source: Reuters.com
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