It is known that in recent years there have been major changes in all branches of industry, especially in the automotive and electro-electronic industry, because new business methods are on the scene, and production processes are being transformed so that they are flexible. In the automotive and electro-electronic industry, the leading technology is robotic technology, the application of which increases the return on investment. Advanced robotics as the basic technology of Industry 4.0 in the new era of production in the automotive and electro-electronic industry plays a very important role because it enables: mobility, readiness, reliability, adaptability, transformation of production, integration with machines, increase of flexibility, improvement of quality, storage and production systems integrated as Cyber-Physical Systems, workers are freed from routine and repetitive tasks. The paper provides an overview of applied and issued patents in robotic technology, the application of robots in the World and China as the leader in the implementation of robotic technology in the world. An analysis of the implementation of industrial robots, as well as advanced robots in the automotive and electro-electronic industries of China, is given, as well as the forecast of the application in the coming years.

Keywords: Industrial robot, automotive industry, electrical/electronic industry, Industry 4.0, production processes