"Qi Zhi"of a Great Power's Intelligent Manufacturing:Mechanism and Efficacy of Robots Driving Industrial High-Quality Development
Industrial robots are the new kinetic energy of manufacturing,propelling the evolution toward intelligent,sophisticated,and eco-friendly manufacturing industries.It took industrial robot application as the starting point,the streamlining of personnel,the advanced skills,the refinement of division of labor,and the diversification of industry as the interface,and the strategic goal of industrial high-quality development as the landing point,to explain the mechanism of robot-driven industrial high-quality development and to assess the effectiveness.Benchmark regression results show that industrial robot applications significantly contribute to industrial high-quality development.After endogeneity correction and robustness test,it finds that the industrial quality-enhancing effect of industrial robot application is still significant.The results of the mechanism test show that industrial robot application drives industrial high-quality development precisely through the four-fold channel of promoting personnel streamlining,skill advancement,division of labor refinement,and industrial diversification.Heterogeneity analysis further reveals that the industrial quality-enhancing effect of industrial robot application is stronger in large cities,in the western region,and the stage of super-aged societies.The findings provide both theoretical logic and empirical evidence for understanding how industrial robots can empower industrial quality development,empower industrial quality development,and suggest new ideas and new approaches for accelerating the progress toward"China's Intelligent Manufacturing".
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