China is the world’s most dominant power in automating its manufacturing — installing nearly 10 times as many robots in its factories as the United States, according to new data.

Last year, more than half a million industrial robots were put to work in global factories — with 54% of them in China alone.

According to the International Federation of Robotics, China, which is home to nearly a third of all global manufacturing capacity, installed 295,000 industrial robots, the highest annual total on record. 5

In the US, meanwhile, companies put to work just 34,200 robots last year, according to the World Robotics 2025 Report.

The 34,200 figure is 9% lower than the previous year, the report found.

For the first time, domestic Chinese suppliers outsold foreign competitors, captur

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