ITIF：2025美国机器人产业发展现状、挑战及政策强化路径研究报告（英文版）（27页）.pdf

1、 itif.org A Time to Act:Policies to Strengthen the US Robotics Industry ROBERT D.ATKINSON,MEGHAN OSTERTAG,AND TRELYSA LONG|JULY 2025 Robots are the future.It is time for Congress and the administration to take a number of straightforward and affordable steps to boost U.S.robotics innovation and adop

2、tion.KEY TAKEAWAYS An array of technologies are improving and coming together to enable robotics to be a key“general purpose technology”for the next technology long wave.Robotics is a strategic industry the United States cannot afford to lose to China,which is making massive efforts to dominate the

3、industry globally.Robotics will be a critical technology to improving labor productivity and wage growth.U.S.robotics adoption rates are anemic and are even behind China,a country with significantly lower labor costs.While U.S.innovators continue to deliver cutting-edge robotics breakthroughs,the ac

4、tual production of industrial robots is now dominated by foreign competitors.The United States has no domestic foundries producing robots.China is making substantial efforts to dominate the global robotics industry.While ideally Congress should provide significant financial incentives to support rob

5、otics innovation and adoption,in that absence,there are still many steps it and the administration can take to boost U.S.robotics.INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY&INNOVATION FOUNDATION|JULY 2025 PAGE 2 CONTENTS Key Takeaways.1 Introduction.3 Why Robotics Matters.4 Adoption and Production:Where the United Stat

6、es Stands.5 U.S.Robot Adoption.5 U.S.Robot Production.7 Other Nations Robotics Strategies and Policies.9 National Strategies.9 Tax Credits,Subsidies,and Grants.11 Research Institutes.12 Workforce Training.13 Adoption Incentives.13 Policy Recommendations.15 Better Data,Analytics,and Evidence.15 Scien