Sunday, September 24, 2006

News: Robot manufacturing to be Taiwan's next booming industry: MOEA

The China Post
2006/9/23
TAIPEI, CNA

The research and development of artificial intelligence robots could help the total output value of Taiwan's machinery industry to top NT$1 trillion (US$30.4 billion) by 2009, with an annual growth rate of no less than 30 percent before 2012, the Industrial Development Bureau (IDB) under the Ministry of Economic Affairs said yesterday.

The IDB also predicted that by 2016, A.I. robot manufacture alone could generate an output value of NT$250 billion and an export value of NT$175 billion, as well as contribute at least 1.35 percent to Taiwan's GDP, adding that 22,000 jobs could be created.

Moreover, the IDB estimated that the global production value of the robot industry could exceed that of the automobile sector worldwide by 2020, reaching some US$1.4 trillion.

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