{"id":147695,"date":"2026-03-11T14:30:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T14:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=147695"},"modified":"2026-03-11T14:30:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T14:30:10","slug":"chinas-midea-pledges-us8-7-billion-for-ai-and-robotics-in-pivot-to-automation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=147695","title":{"rendered":"China\u2019s Midea pledges US$8.7 billion for AI and robotics in pivot to automation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Tech &#8211; South China Morning PostMidea Group, the owner of industrial robot giant Kuka, is the latest Chinese company to pledge heavy investment in AI and robotics \u2013 another 60 billion yuan (US$8.7 billion) over the next three years \u2013 as traditional industries embrace futuristic technologies.<br \/>\nThe planned expenditure on research and development, with a focus on \u201cAI, embodied intelligence and other cutting-edge areas\u201d, matched its total spending over the past five years, the company announced in Shanghai on Tuesday.<br \/>\nThe strategic&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/tech\/article\/3346234\/chinas-midea-pledges-us87-billion-ai-and-robotics-pivot-automation?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Tech &#8211; South China Morning PostMidea Group, the owner of industrial robot giant Kuka, is the latest Chinese company to pledge heavy investment in AI and robotics \u2013 another&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147695"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=147695"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147695\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=147695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=147695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=147695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}