The Future of Robots in China [Infographic]

China is on the verge of a robotics revolution. In 2014 it has the lowest robot to worker ratio compared to that of its peers – South Korea, Germany and the United States. Today, that is changing as China is pivoting towards robotics. The Chinese government has laid out a 5-year plan that included robotics to steer economic and social development. It is estimated that the number of industrial robots in China has been growing at an unprecedented rate of 40% per year as the government plans to triple its number to 100,000 by 2020 to promote high-end manufacturing.