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Re:Robot sewing machines could make 'made in China' obsolete by SideburnsOfDoom on Monday June 11, 2012 @04:23AM (#4093669)
> It's just as likely that a nation like Sweden or Germany might dominate building the robots that go in the manufacturing plants

I vaguely recall reading that the country that has had the foresight to stay at the top of the chain - making the tools that make the tools that make the goods - is Japan. I can't find a link right now, sorry.

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Re:Robot sewing machines could make 'made in China' obsolete by adventureful on Monday June 11, 2012 @05:03AM (#4093758)
You're right, they've been there from day one when it comes to robot manufacturing.

"The Japanese company Kawasaki Robotics started the commercial production of industrial robots over 40 years ago. Approximately 700,000 industrial robots were used all over the world in 1995, of which 500,000 operated in Japan"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_robot#History_of_ind...

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