Deployment economics
The real cost of buying, integrating, supervising, and maintaining machines in production.
The Robot Economy Research
Research that tests the story.
Original calculations, regional evidence, scenario ranges and checkpoints for the claims shaping physical intelligence.
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Research report · power · Global / China
China Took 59% of 2025 Industrial Robot Installations
Industrial robot installations grew in China and the Americas while Europe contracted in 2025. Separate production, order and shipment records show why the global total cannot stand in for a local buyer pipeline. -
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Research report · companies · United States / European Union
Humanoid price lists put capital below labor—but leave payback unproven
Public price documents in China and Europe make the hardware floor visible. They do not disclose the service, supervision, uptime or task-output data needed to calculate a customer return. -
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Research report · power · United States / European Union
The same modeled robot cell costs three times more per hour on one shift
A transparent nine-case model shows how productive hours reshape robot economics, while official records show why density and national wages cannot predict jobs.
Research agenda
Four live questionsWork and productivity
Where robots change output, wages, job design, and the distribution of gains.
Autonomy and cities
How self-driving systems alter traffic, land use, safety, and transport capacity.
Capital and policy
Which markets, subsidies, taxes, and rules accelerate deployment or hide weak economics.