Henrik Christensen, the director of the Contextual Robotics Institute at the Jacobs School, testified March 16 in front of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, a bipartisan group that monitors and investigates the national security impllications of the bilateral trade and economic relationship between the United States and China.
The hearing's theme was "China's pursuit of next frontier tech: computing, robotics and biotechnology." Christensen's testimony was part of a panel on military and industrial robotics. He was quoted on the topic of industrial robotics and China in a January story in The New York Times.
Below is a summary in tweets of Christensen's testimony:
More info on the Contextual Robotics Institute at UC San Diego here: http://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/contextualrobotics/
Christensen's website here: http://www.hichristensen.net/
The hearing's theme was "China's pursuit of next frontier tech: computing, robotics and biotechnology." Christensen's testimony was part of a panel on military and industrial robotics. He was quoted on the topic of industrial robotics and China in a January story in The New York Times.
Below is a summary in tweets of Christensen's testimony:
1/ @UCSanDiego#robotics expert @hiskov testified @ US-China #economic& #security review commission on industrial & military #robots today— UCSD Engineering (@UCSDJacobs) March 16, 2017
2/ @hiskov#Robotics is an industry tinvented and developed in the US. Today many industrial robots are made in Japan, Germany and China.— UCSD Engineering (@UCSDJacobs) March 16, 2017
3/ @hiskov: Until 2013 US was the largest market for #industrialrobots. Today the Chinese market is 2.4 times larger than the US market.— UCSD Engineering (@UCSDJacobs) March 16, 2017
4/ @hiskov The Chinese #robotics industry is only emerging. Most #robots sold in China are made by joint venture companies the norm there.— UCSD Engineering (@UCSDJacobs) March 16, 2017
5/ @hiskov: China wants to the leader in #industrialrobotics. Growth in US is 9-13% in this area while it's more than 40%+ in China.— UCSD Engineering (@UCSDJacobs) March 16, 2017
6/ Today many #robotics companies are investing in China rather than USA because that's is where the big opportunity is.— UCSD Engineering (@UCSDJacobs) March 16, 2017
7/ But US #universities and #innovation ecosystem still attractive to college grads. So #robotics companies house R&D centers in US.— UCSD Engineering (@UCSDJacobs) March 16, 2017
— UCSD Engineering (@UCSDJacobs) March 16, 2017
More info on the Contextual Robotics Institute at UC San Diego here: http://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/contextualrobotics/
Christensen's website here: http://www.hichristensen.net/