1968—1987年期间,世界上机器人制造技术的科学发展方面出现了日本和美国两条发展道路。西欧的机器人制造业在很多方面则居于日本和美国两条道路之间,只是联邦德国、瑞典、意大利等国家更接近于美国的道路。到目前为止,在工业发达国家中,每万个工业人口的机器人的拥有量,日本居首位,依次是瑞典、联邦德国、英国、美国、法国和意大利。 From 1968 to 1987, the development of robotic manufacturing technology in the world saw two development paths in Japan and the United States. The robot manufacturing industry in Western Europe is in many ways located between Japan and the United States, but the countries of the Federal Republic of Germany, Sweden, and Italy are closer to the United States. So far, in industrialized countries, the possession of robots per 10,000 industrial population ranks first in Japan, followed by Sweden, the Federal Republic of Germany, the United Kingdom, the United States, France, and Italy.