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This Chinese-language source requires careful translation and should not be paraphrased as a global rule.", "evidenceClass": "measured-trend", "geographies": [ "China" ] }, { "kind": "source", "id": "PC-S11", "title": "World Robotics 2025: Industrial Robots", "publisher": "International Federation of Robotics", "url": "https://ifr.org/ifr-press-releases/news/global-robot-demand-in-factories-doubles-over-10-years", "publishedAt": "2025-09-25", "accessedAt": "2026-08-02", "limitations": "Industrial robots are mainly bounded machines in factories; they are not proof of general-purpose home robots. Installations do not measure autonomy, reliability, task breadth or person-level access. 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EU-wide goals hide national grid and permitting differences. The source does not establish open public access to supercomputing capacity.", "evidenceClass": "policy-intent", "geographies": [ "European Union" ] }, { "kind": "source", "id": "PC-S15", "title": "Robotics", "publisher": "European Commission", "url": "https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/robotics", "publishedAt": "2026-03-27", "accessedAt": "2026-08-02", "limitations": "A policy page is not deployment data. It does not establish that open-world autonomy will be reliable by 2031. Regulated care, transport, safety and security duties cannot be delegated to private software merely because a robot is involved.", "evidenceClass": "policy-intent", "geographies": [ "European Union" ] }, { "kind": "source", "id": "HBD-13", "title": "European Health Data Space Regulation", "publisher": "European Commission", "url": "https://health.ec.europa.eu/ehealth-digital-health-and-care/european-health-data-space-regulation-ehds_en", "publishedAt": "undated-at-access", "accessedAt": "2026-08-01", "limitations": "Entry into force is not operational interoperability; implementing acts, national readiness and enforcement remain consequential.", "evidenceClass": "measured-trend", "geographies": [ "European Union", "Europe/EU" ] }, { "kind": "source", "id": "SC-R04", "title": "Household composition statistics", "publisher": "Eurostat", "url": "https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/SEPDF/cache/29071.pdf", "publishedAt": "undated-at-access", "accessedAt": "2026-08-02", "limitations": "Household form does not measure loneliness or belonging; member-state patterns vary.", "evidenceClass": "measured-trend", "geographies": [ "European Union" ] }, { "kind": "source", "id": "PC-S08", "title": "India's Common Compute Capacity Crosses 34,000 GPUs", "publisher": "Press Information Bureau, Government of India", "url": "https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2132817&lang=1®=3", "publishedAt": "2025-05-30", "accessedAt": "2026-08-02", "limitations": "Empanelled capacity is not the same as continuously available capacity. 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