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How many industrial robots will China have by 2017?

Answer: 100,000

In 2014, China leads the way in automated manufacturing with an estimated 50,000 industrial robots, with projections of 100,000 such machines by 2017. Growth outside of China is expected to be dwarfed by the globe’s most populous nation as it strives to wean itself off low-skill workers.