Predictions of large populations of robots in industry have yet to come true. For a decade or more, manufacturers of big robots have explained how their machines can make industry more competitive and productive. The market for 1 robots is now oversupplied, and the driving force of the robotics (機(jī)器人技術(shù)) revolution is 2 to be with makers of machines that handle a few kilos at most.
"Heavy-robot manufacturers are in some difficulty 3 finding customers. They are offering big 4 just to get in the door. There has been a 5 growth everywhere in the numbers of robots, so we have to admit we are either deceiving 6 or that the market is slowly growing, "said John Reekie, Chairman of Colne Robotics. "The following things must happen 7 the robotics revolution to occur. We must achieve widespread robot literacy (文化), 8 there has been a computer literacy program, there must be a robot literacy campaign. We must also 9 not just a cut in, but a collapse of robot prices. 10 , some kind of artificial intelligence needs to be available "
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