We are also light years ahead in software technology. I've seen firsthand the crap that passes for software from India. It dosen't make any difference. India is the Walmart of software, including that 95% portion of robotics. People want "cheap", not quality. You would be making a big mistake to place your bets in robotics. It is no different than the type of software I do. (Embedded) I check out the job ads regularly in all disciplines involving software. The jobs aren't there. They aren't going to be there.
Those who attend engineering school now are in for a shock when they discover that they will all be competing for a total of 150 in the entire Nation.
Have a nice dream.
The nature of work is changing, and the idea of a job may be something also passing into history. Jobs were created with the American industrial revolution. The revolution is over, and jobs of that kind are nearly over. So what now?