Recently, the International Robotics Federation has studied the development plans of various countries in the robot industry, including China, Japan, the United States, South Korea, Germany, the European Union and other countries and regions.
In China, the "Fourteenth Five-Year Plan" for the development of robot industry issued by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology on December 21, 2021 focuses on promoting innovation, with the goal of making China a global leader in robot technology and industrial progress.
In order to implement the national scientific and technological innovation plan, in April 2022, US $43.5 million was invested to build a key special research and development plan for "intelligent robot". According to the statistical yearbook "World Robots" released by IFR, the density of robots in China's manufacturing industry has reached 322 per 10,000 workers, ranking fifth in the world and 20th (140) in 2018.
The National Robotics Program (NRI) of the United States is the research and development of basic robots initiated with the support of the United States government. The NRI-3.0 plan was announced in February 2021 to seek research on integrated robot systems based on the previous projects of NRI.
In 2021, the U.S. government provided $14 million in support to the NRI-3.0 fund to encourage cooperation among academia, industry, government, non-profit organizations and other organizations. For example, NASA's "Moon to Mars" project emphasizes the goal of establishing a long-term presence near and on the moon.
The goal research and technology development of these projects will significantly improve the performance of robots to support deep space human exploration and scientific missions. According to the statistical yearbook World Robots, the density of robots in the United States has risen from 255 in 2020 to 274 in 2021, ranking ninth in the world.
Japanese "new robot strategy" aims to make Japan the first robot innovation center in the world. The Japanese government provided more than US $930 million in support in 2022. The focus areas are manufacturing (US $77.8 million), nursing and medical care (US $55 million), infrastructure (US $643.2 million) and agriculture (US $66.2 million).
The manufacturing and service industry action plan includes projects such as automatic driving, advanced air mobility or integrated technology development that will become the core of the next generation of artificial intelligence and robots. During the five-year period from 2020 to 2025, the budget of robot-related projects in the "Lunar Research and Development Plan" is $440 million.
South Korea’s third basic plan for intelligent robots is promoting the development of robot technology as the core industry of the fourth industrial revolution. The South Korean government allocated US $172.2 million for the "2022 implementation plan of intelligent robots". According to World Robots, South Korea has 1000 industrial robots per 10000 employees in 2021, a record high. South Korea has become the country with the highest density of robots in the world.
Horizon Europe is the EU’s key research and innovation framework plan with a budget of US $94.3 billion and a seven-year period (from 2021 to 2027). The primary goal is to strengthen the scientific and technological foundation of the EU, improve the innovation capacity, competitiveness and employment opportunities of Europe, and realize the priorities of citizens and maintain the socio-economic model and values. The European Commission has provided a total of 198.5 million US dollars for the work plan related to robots in 2021-2022.
Germany's high-tech strategy 2025 (HTS) is the fourth version of Germany's R&D and innovation plan. By 2026, the German government will provide about US $69 million annually - the total budget for five years is US $345 million.
As part of the mission of HTS 2025, the "Shaping Technology for the People" plan was launched, which aims to benefit people by taking advantage of technological changes in the whole society and work field. Research topics include digital assistant systems, such as data glasses, human-computer cooperation, exoskeleton that supports employees to perform physical work, and solutions that can more flexibly organize work processes or support mobile work.