It’s weird, they start by talking about manufacturing robots, and then switch to installing robots. Those are two very different things. There’s more stuff Chinese people are doing by hand, which they could automate, so sure. German factories are going to be pretty automated already.
It even mentions:
Although China still relies on high-end components from European and Japanese companies and A.I. chips from Nvidia, the country is becoming more self-sufficient, Ms. Arcesati said.
You start with textiles, then move to plastic crap, then keep moving up the specialised and high-tech food chain. That’s the usual way industrialisation works. China is making some of it’s own robots, but you can be pretty sure it’s mostly the cheapest, most basic kind. And the tools to make those robots probably themselves come from Japan or Germany.
It’s weird, they start by talking about manufacturing robots, and then switch to installing robots. Those are two very different things. There’s more stuff Chinese people are doing by hand, which they could automate, so sure. German factories are going to be pretty automated already.
It even mentions:
You start with textiles, then move to plastic crap, then keep moving up the specialised and high-tech food chain. That’s the usual way industrialisation works. China is making some of it’s own robots, but you can be pretty sure it’s mostly the cheapest, most basic kind. And the tools to make those robots probably themselves come from Japan or Germany.