China has pulled ahead of the United States in the adoption and installation of industrial robots, and robotics is a technology we cannot afford to lose. SCSP's first Tech Scorecard, the Robotics Deficit, diagnoses the current state of US-China competition in robotics and advanced manufacturing. It maps America's weaknesses, identifies its strengths, and lays out a concrete path forward. This is the first in SCSP's Tech Scorecard series — a framework built to cut through the noise and give policymakers, industry leaders, and the public a clear-eyed view of where the US stands in the technology competition that will define the coming decades. Download the full Robotics Tech Scorecard at scorecard.scsp.ai/publications/robotics