Australia’s upcoming national robotics strategy must look to turn the promising but fledgling industry into a $50 billion automation juggernaut by the end of the decade, the industry’s peak body says, urging the Albanese government to start building homegrown talent, IP and robotics unicorns now.
The Robotics Australia Group – which developed the industry’s own roadmaps before Industry minister Ed Husic opted for a national plan – wants the new automation tilt to incorporate AI and establish it as a “key” Australian industry.
It recommends ambitious targets, including that a sovereign robotics and AI industry to be worth $25 billion by 2026, and $50 billion by 2030.
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