10 Interesting Chinese Robotic Startups

The United States can still claim to be the largest economy in the world, at an estimated $18 trillion. For now. It’s no secret that the People’s Republic of China is gunning to be No. 1. Boasting an $11 trillion economy and 6.7 percent growth in 2016 (against 1.6 percent in the United States), it’s not inconceivable that China could pull ahead in the next decade. China has made no secret of its plans to dominate in artificial intelligence, a technology that is rewriting the rules of more than a few industries. We recently told you about its push into genomics. Now let’s talk about the rise of Chinese robotic startups.

About three-quarters of global robotics sales are from five countries, according to the trade organization International Federation of Robotics: China, the Republic of Korea, Japan, the United States, and Germany. Since 2013, China has been the biggest robot