Why a German robotics firm left China | DW News

When David Reger founded Neura Robotics, China seemed like an obvious place to grow his business. Now he's returned to Germany - where he says the appetite for industrial robots has grown. We speak to Reger about what didn't work in China and why he’s confident he can succeed at home.
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[@sutats]

TLDW: It was too stressful.

[@NoMad42]

Thank you for believing in Germany and bringing the industry back 🙏👍

[@urimtefiki226]

I made my invention from German language.

[@yugiohfanatic1964]

it's useless, your country is doomed already. He just took EU fund.

[@aabbcc5154]

6:39 that bum reporter was getting nervous about thinking work more thAN 32 HOURS? THAT IS NOT GERMAN WAY!

[@mayer7631]

They just can't compete, simple as that.

[@ーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーヅ]

Can’t compete???? LOL they are so scared of chinese copycats

[@raymondcyq]

@@ーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーヅcopy what? For example!

[@LanNguyen-vd4zt]

@@raymondcyqcopy everything. Name one product that the Chinese tech don’t copy and paste

[@LanNguyen-vd4zt]

@@raymondcyqname one tech that the Chinese come up on their own

[@mayer7631]

@@ーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーヅ unitree was the first company to mass-produce robot dogs, wheres your copycat?

[@tajmajal4197]

Can we have more DW reporters who're as good (or even better) in English as the interviewee?

[@samchapple6363]

Mindset, vision? Back to anti labor

[@williamlai29]

DW News: Why a German robotics firm left China ? Me: Why the rest of the German robotics firm went in China ?

[@alinelohmann5645]

Easy monety. Now tables are turning!

[@jonathanrodriguez8219]

The tide has changed.

[@Wiers75q]

His company was in China a few years ago probably because of "Made in Germany", But now he has to return to Germany probably because he needs "Made in Germany under the protection of German policies". If his Germany robot product is really powerful in the world, it is not a question of choosing where to place it, or has to go to DW to declare the robot sovereignty.😊

[@YSKWatch]

those who win the competition, stay in china because it's the biggest market, those who loose, leave china, no matter how they sugarcoat it.

[@JigilJigil]

Germans were Dmb enough to sell their top robotic company (KUKA) to China.

[@rickjames18]

I agree, that seemed like the most naive and foolish decision they could have made. Selling national strategic or critical technology companies to China was idiotic. It literally allowed China to leap frog the west in some industries.

[@huanghermann5207]

@@rickjames18 You are so easily deceived. A real national strategic technology doesn't depend on ONE product at one time but a series of products at all time! Otherwise, it is not sustainable.

[@rickjames18]

@@huanghermann5207 You are right, that is why China spent decades buying companies from west. Many of which were all in critical areas and industries. Medical, aviation, auto, mineral processing, precision machinery and milling. Robotics like KUKA, any microchips or chips related company that China needed. Any gap in Chinas tech industry was given attention. Anything that was needed was acquired until now. The west after decades is finally figuring it out.

[@engineeranonymous]

Competing with firms like Unitree Robotics is hard in China. They are planning to sell G1 their humanoid robot for $16000. We might soon see the return of more European firms back to Europe. They might try to sell it as an ode to European values and supremacy or onshoring but it will be a retreat.

[@urimtefiki226]

I want to open a startup company in Germany with my invention.

[@1Naturalscene]

Good decision, without human rights it is unethical to work there

[@iFryTube]

Cute reporter 😍

[@oceanblueavanue]

IP protection only makes the rich, richer and the poor poorer.

[@construccion1]

Picture frame holing Oaxaca Russian agent said

[@Littlepunk8964]

Merkle's success can't be undone. She moved Germany's entire industrial base to China and now it's too late.

[@jentulj9611]

German problem is taking high risk in doing things.

[@Voxabonable]

So you went to China, got yourself a Chinese partner, learnt and stole Chinese production techniques, and came back to Germany to set up shop. Now how does that sound?

[@yomajo]

Cool dude. Hopefully enough of young entrepreneurs can change German views over time.

[@qqglobal]

China is very fast in imitating technology whether it is robotics or cars. Now, German car manufacturers are feeling the heat of Chinese EV manufacturers.

[@weltbestevideos]

Is he burning German taxpayer subsidies?

[@first7589]

Probably returning to Germany has also a little bit to do with some tax payer money

[@salvatorelionetti1274]

Very inspiring

[@vikrantvijit1436]

Pragmatic mover and shaker of meta futures.😊❤

[@construccion1]

Sign bio i.p. fitst

[@user333-us4qz]

Amazing 🦾

[@enricopallazzo2987]

I’m guessing cause it was getting to be too much like Mr Roboto and they got spooked 😂

[@intel2133]

Because he is ideologically biased.

[@shamsh09]

Good luck!

[@sleepyjoe4529]

This guy yapped so much but answered nothing of substance. Look at the first question: why did you leave China? The guy rambled on incoherently for 5 minutes before giving a weak non-answer.

[@nonnoyobisnis8705]

Ich glaub es nicht! Ein pro-deutscher Bericht von der Deutschen Welle 😊

[@kanthlk]

Shift your operations to India - don’t have to worry about intellectual property rights theft You will get the best minds and can improve your business

[@raymondcyq]

😂! Are you over dosed?

[@angelicasoup638]

Just like Huawei knock off Apple iPhone.

[@solmak47]

In their dreams maybe

[@isaacmarwell5435]

This seems to be an example of deglobalization that Peter Zeihan often talks about.

[@kaposipal]

the idea that germany can sustainably compete with china in its own is ridiculous...

[@rickjames18]

They CAN but they have to stop giving away tech, trade secrets, and know how to China. They also need to lower the energy cost in Germany if industry is to keep up. China was only able to compete because the west was foolish enough to give them all the tech they needed.

[@thegreatdane3627]

Doesn't really matter, trade will brake down either way as we move into the new cold war.

[@Ivan-Dolgouhov]

Потому что Германии не разрешает сотрудничество их хозяин, сша

[@rufanuf1]

No actually its becuase everything in China is stolen by China. Same as the Russia.

[@sleepingninjaquiettime]

Soon the US will own your country too, things are already in motion.

[@panoszafeiriou]

Each Robot bought to be used in production should be taxed for the duration of its use to counteract the pressure on unemployement

[@svendevarennes520]

The same way we tax tractors?

[@ShakibAhmedMagurmach]

If the companies buy the robots and buy the electricity needed for these robots to operate, and can economically produce goods, how do you propose to tax them? Do you pay taxes for using washing machines instead of employing a cleaner?

[@ArthursHD]

Oh, the printing press should be taxed cause there will be no more book writers. I would rather re-educate than twiddle my thumbs.

[@TheKkpop1]

Correct, Bill Gates had foreseen huge unemployment and social unrest. Like human, it is only fair government must impose heavy taxes on robot.

[@bird_in_the_hand]

tax ain't it 🤣 be proactive, I don't work in the tech industry, but have been and will be teaching myself how to code. python, html, css. quit punishing people for your inability to lead and teach them.. and instead lead them where to go and how. Not saying I have the answer, but it's certainly a better strategy than being so useless that your only solution is to let gov pick your wallet because we don't know what to do. The government can stay out of our pockets.

[@ernstschwaig4667]

The man is ahead of his time. If Europe wants to survive as a industrial location, it must master the best and most modern technologies.

[@JigilJigil]

Americans are working on humanoids while Germans are stuck in robotic arms.

[@hidetsu7249]

What's wrong with arm robots? you don't need humanoids in industrial machines.

[@metamind095]

There humanoid is called: 4NE1 ... go look it up.

[@m3talHalide-rt2fz]

It sucks that germany really lacks imagination. He thinks its easier to get funded in the US but harder to keep going and see profitability with higher wages. What he seems to not grasp at all is that the funding exists for the startups and their customers too - it is a bit of a pyramid scheme, but when you have marketing powered by cocaine and jet fuel, targeting other vc backed startups, the revenue flows even for companies without much to differentiate, and the valuations grow even without revenue. (Perplexity) The tragedy of DE is that it's those who have a strong notion of what *should* work in an ideal world arent wrong, but rarely succeed.

[@construccion1]

Haha male talent te rompe Las banderas...y nahhh future

[@vivekraghuwanshi5702]

Very Welcome to India my German friend brothers sisters mothers welcome to India❤❤❤🎉

[@batosato]

i see this company's future not so bright

[@curtis.albrecht.79]

Sonny??? Is that you??? (i-Robot - 2004)

[@SouthernSultan]

I really couldn't care less

[@Richard-s7m]

Who cares.

[@illiminatiihtiyarheyeti7002]

Wrong move

[@solmak47]

Stop crying

[@MDBishal265]

​@@solmak47he is right

[@illiminatiihtiyarheyeti7002]

@@solmak47 I live in Bavaria why would I cry? Wrong is wrong, does not matter who does it or where he does it. As I said before, china's industry will slowly put german industry in rather some passive state and german firms leaving china will fasten this process. Wait and see, better solution would be increasing the cooperations between two countries but germany can not take that much of free decision considering how it depends on USA politics, nothing lasts forever mate, states and empires bigger than germany diminished just because of the reason they could not update themselves and understand the zeitgeist, living in past is the most deadliest illness and only accepting the reality would save one from it. But I am also beaware that all of these things mean nothing to you, since your understanding and perspective on certain matters are narrow ,presumably, I can just tell which working class you are in and how does your daily life look like, pretty sure 9-5 salary work, if then please do not hold any fixed(not open to change) opinions on free market and entrepreneurship

[@sobsag]

@@illiminatiihtiyarheyeti7002 Dont be so sure of your predictations. Chinas economy and progress is highly volatile. There are wars out there so cooperation has to proceed with caution. Living in past is indeed a deadly illness but living in future delusions can be the source of a massive downfall yet to come. China can easily follow Russias way.

[@illiminatiihtiyarheyeti7002]

@@sobsag you are forgetting a point, at this pace China can not become like Russia, because China's hunger for capital is bigger than ever, in order to become Russia you have to risk losing foreign investment. China has not got any option than being globalised and capitalised, I would say China's situation is way more fragile than Russia, actually you can visualise it as elephant and cat falling free from certain height, which one has a better chance of survival, so getting bigger does not mean always having resilience, China will not only become a regional player, with the moves in Africa and foreign investment loop there, it will play global soon, even they have different type of government with USA, if you get big you have to keep it big and the rules are simple you can not close your country to others.

[@vasudevavikram]

neura come to india will grow together ip will be safe

[@TheKkpop1]

I see Samsung and iPhone factory burned down, low skill, lack infrastructure, lack accountability, tax investigation and industrial unrest in India.

[@Zero11_ss]

Modi dream is to be the next xi and turn india into china. Not safe at all.

[@vasudevavikram]

@@TheKkpop1 really there is no ip theft,forced to share tech etc.

[@LukasGodwin-k4d]

​@@vasudevavikramwhere will you get technology to leapfrog your industrial technology.

[@vasudevavikram]

@@LukasGodwin-k4d just like IT industry the way we leapfrog

[@raymondcyq]

He lost competiton in China has to leave.,

[@thegreatdane3627]

Most companies will leave a country if they are not making any money there...