1) The question to ask is not whether "China can come up with something" but instead "Can Chinese companies/workers profit from coming up with something". Higher income = higher GDP = higher purchase power = higher prosperity. Lack of commercialization = lack of high income jobs. Simple as that. Go read "How Asia Works" by Joe Studwell. It will do wonders for your lack of understanding of economic development.
2) If it was as simple to commercialize as you make it in point #1, then the State has zero imperative/need to 'put her resources' in this field - commercialization isn't something the State has to worry about. Capital is quite good at making money out of mature technologies. Go look at Wuxi Biologics or Hengli Hydraulics or Mindray as successful examples of domestic high end manufacturing.
3) Never did I say anything regarding 'shame' - I am stating a fact that domestication of industrial robots = more high paying jobs domestically. If there were domestic equivalents, they are clearly not being used in this specific application. The critical question is 'why not'. How can the robot be 'purchased years ago' if, as the video clearly states, this was the *first day* of the inspection station being operational? If you do a quick Google search of the M-20iD/25, you will find that it first was announced at EMO 2019 in Hannover. Perhaps, in your own universe, robots only debuted in late 2019 can be purchased 'years ago'.
Seeking truth from facts require asking tough questions - and not ostrich-head-in-the-sand about your precious pride.
