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China remains heavily invested in robotics, but many of their machines are characterized as disposable—not durable or suitable for long-term commercial deployment, as actuators often burn out after months. Despite that, China is expected to produce hundreds of thousands of robots for its domestic market over the next decade, fueling a significant supply-demand gap domestically rather than globally.
He notes that Chinese robots' data capability could be a geopolitical concern if used for espionage, leading Western nations to tighten restrictions, particularly on data privacy.