Enhancing the quality of innovation is an important measure to build a strong country in scientific and technological innovation. Based on Chinese province panel data acquired between 2011 and 2021, this study examines the direct influence of robots on innovation quality using the benchmark regression model first. Second, given the constraint factors of labor mismatch and entrepreneurial activity, the indirect and nonlinear impacts of robots' impact on innovation quality are investigated using the mediation effect model and threshold regression model. The results show that innovation quality is directly and significantly positively impacted by robots, and the outcome displays the traits of "Central > Eastern > Western." The robot impact can tangentially raise the quality of innovation by alleviating labor mismatch, and robot impact has a threshold effect on the quality of innovation depending on the features of regional heterogeneity, and under a high level of entrepreneurial activity, robot impact has a more advantageous and beneficial effect. This work offers a theoretical framework and scientific foundation for the quality of robot impact to support innovation.
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