https://www.cnbc.com/2017/09/06/chinas-blueprint-to-crush-the-us-robotics-industry.html

"...A heated race

"I'm sure there are lots of manufacturers in China who are focused on crushing the U.S.," said Matt Beane, a robotics researcher and fellow at the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy. "But it seems like China's whole goal is to become self-sufficient."

A new  International Federation of Robots report shows that China will likely represent 40 percent of the total worldwide sales for robots by 2019, an increase from 27 percent in 2015.

China's steady growth in spending on robotics has even caught the eye of entrepreneur and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban. In an  open letter to President Donald Trump last December, he said the United States should invest $100 billion into the robotics industry in order to compete with China.

"We have to win the robotics race. We are not even close right now," Cuban wrote..."