▲ 207 ▼ In China, delivery robots now ride the subway to restock 7-Eleven stores (www.scmp.com) submitted 1 year ago by drmoose@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 29 comments fedilink hide all child comments https://archive.is/rzfpD
[–] rimu@piefed.social 33 points 1 year ago (6 children) more than 1,600 robotics companies. In one city. Christ. permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] arcterus@piefed.blahaj.zone 12 points 1 year ago Shenzhen is huge and has an absurd amount of tech companies, so this doesn't really surprise me. permalink fedilink source parent [–] qevlarr@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (1 child) China's government is handing out massive subsidies for everything called robotics. This causes the number of companies that claim to do robotics to be inflated permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Not_mikey@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 year ago Same here in the US with AI, but instead of the government giving subsidies its venture capitalists. permalink fedilink source parent [–] AppleTea@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 year ago industries tend to be more centralized in China. It's not that that's indicative of every city, more that Shenzhen already has easy access to the kind of manufacturing and products that a robotics company would find ideal. permalink fedilink source parent [–] baguettefish@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 1 year ago the city is in key national focus for prototyping modernization and creating a smart city. permalink fedilink source parent [–] RagingRobot@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago It must be easy to start a business there permalink fedilink source parent
[–] arcterus@piefed.blahaj.zone 12 points 1 year ago Shenzhen is huge and has an absurd amount of tech companies, so this doesn't really surprise me. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] qevlarr@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (1 child) China's government is handing out massive subsidies for everything called robotics. This causes the number of companies that claim to do robotics to be inflated permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Not_mikey@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 year ago Same here in the US with AI, but instead of the government giving subsidies its venture capitalists. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Not_mikey@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 year ago Same here in the US with AI, but instead of the government giving subsidies its venture capitalists. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AppleTea@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 year ago industries tend to be more centralized in China. It's not that that's indicative of every city, more that Shenzhen already has easy access to the kind of manufacturing and products that a robotics company would find ideal. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] baguettefish@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 1 year ago the city is in key national focus for prototyping modernization and creating a smart city. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] RagingRobot@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago It must be easy to start a business there permalink fedilink source parent