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[-] rimu@piefed.social 27 points 2 weeks ago

more than 1,600 robotics companies.

In one city. Christ.

[-] arcterus@piefed.blahaj.zone 10 points 2 weeks ago

Shenzhen is huge and has an absurd amount of tech companies, so this doesn't really surprise me.

[-] baguettefish@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 2 weeks ago

the city is in key national focus for prototyping modernization and creating a smart city.

[-] qevlarr@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

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

[-] RagingRobot@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

It must be easy to start a business there

[-] AppleTea@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 weeks 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.

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