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Mar 6Mon
  1. 机器人库 · 微信公众号26

    The Future Is Here: Robots Have Become the "Strong Workforce"

    Service robots are entering everyday settings such as hotels, train stations, and shopping malls, taking on tasks including deliveries, wayfinding, and greeting guests. The delivery robots at the Hanting Youjia hotel have four compartments and can deliver to four rooms at once, while the intelligent service robot at Taiyuan Railway Station can perform facial recognition and plan routes to guide people. The "Robot+" Application Action Plan calls for doubling manufacturing robot density by 2025 compared with 2020, and the service robot market is expected to reach 95.92 billion yuan in 2023.

Mar 3Fri
  1. 机器人库 · 微信公众号44

    "Robot+" Application Action Implementation Plan promotes expansion of robot applications

    A total of 17 departments, including the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, jointly issued the "Robot+" Application Action Implementation Plan, which proposes that by 2025 the manufacturing robot density will double compared with 2020, and focuses on 10 major fields including manufacturing and healthcare to achieve breakthroughs in more than 100 robot innovation application technologies and solutions and to promote more than 200 typical application scenarios.

Mar 2Thu
  1. 机器人库 · 微信公众号30

    The humanoid robot sector is "bustling with activity"

    Achievements are emerging in the humanoid robot sector: UBTECH submitted a prospectus to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in a bid to become the "first humanoid robot stock," Xiaomi unveiled CyberOne (Tie Da), and an orthopedic robot from Funing Jiqi Health (Hangzhou) Technology Co., Ltd. completed a remote orthopedic surgery over 300 kilometers away.

Mar 1Wed
  1. 机器人库 · 微信公众号45

    In industrial maintenance, intelligent robots may see a "hiring wave"

    The in-oil inspection robot "Dolphin" for crude oil storage tanks, led by the park intelligent inspection and monitoring innovation team of the China Special Equipment Inspection and Research Institute, has been released. It can inspect crude oil storage tanks without draining the oil, enabling precise tank-opening maintenance. Crude oil storage tanks require manual inspection and maintenance every 4–6 years, and traditional manual inspection suffers from low efficiency and harsh environments. Xing Guoliang, a professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, believes that intelligent inspection robots are suitable for performing routine, time-consuming tasks in hazardous environments, and that more efficient inspection should be achieved through human-machine collaboration.

Feb 28Tue
  1. 机器人库 · 微信公众号36

    Why Has Guangdong's Robotics Industry Become a Shining Pearl of Southern China?

    Guangdong has more than 99,000 robotics companies, the most of any region in China; its industrial robots hold a 33.9% share of the domestic market, and output has ranked first nationwide for many consecutive years. In 2021, Guangdong's industrial robot output was 110,200 units, up 56.5% year on year; in the first three quarters of 2022 it rose 67.1% year on year. Topstar, the province's first robotics flagship enterprise to list on the ChiNext board, developed its own robotic arm control system and expanded into SCARA, six-axis articulated, and DELTA parallel robots; Midea KUKA built China's first fully automated production line for heavy-duty robots, raising per-shift capacity by 50%.

Feb 26Sun
  1. 机器人库 · 微信公众号30

    Promoting innovative development of the robotics industry

    Experts at a seminar noted that China's industrial robot stock exceeds 1 million units, about one-third of the global total; in 2021, output reached 366,000 units and service robot output reached 9.21 million units. However, robot density in manufacturing is 246 units per 10,000 workers, only equivalent to 26% of South Korea's. The domestic production rate of harmonic reducers exceeds 65%, but robot operating systems and digital twin software are still in their early stages, and general-purpose chips and EDA software face supply-cutoff risks. In the future, core components must achieve independent controllability, and leading enterprises and "specialized, refined, distinctive and innovative" enterprises must be cultivated.

Feb 25Sat
  1. 机器人库 · 微信公众号46

    Youibot Industrial Mobile Robots Appear in "The Wandering Earth 2" and Real-World Industrial Scenarios

    A total of 14 industrial mobile robots from Shenzhen Youibot Robotics Technology Co., Ltd. appear in the film "The Wandering Earth 2," including inspection robots and industrial logistics robots; these products have already been applied in real-world scenarios such as power, coal mining, steel, petrochemicals, semiconductors, and data centers.

Feb 24Fri
  1. 机器人库 · 微信公众号38

    Study predicts nearly 40% of household chores may be handled by robots in 10 years

    Researchers from the University of Oxford in the UK and Ochanomizu University in Japan interviewed 65 AI experts and predicted that in 10 years about 39% of household chores may be completed by automated programs, with time spent buying daily necessities possibly cut by nearly 60% and house cleaning saving 46% of time. The report also noted that only 28% of caregiving work such as education, accompanying children, and caring for the elderly can be automated, and highly automated households may face privacy issues.

Feb 23Thu
  1. 机器人库 · 微信公众号40

    China's robotics industry chain resilience needs strengthening

    Deng Zhou noted that the industrial robot density of China's manufacturing sector has reached 2 times the world average, about 1/4 of South Korea's and 60% of Japan's and Germany's. China ranks first in the world in the number of robot patent applications and registrations, but domestically produced core components still lag foreign products considerably in quality, cost, and stability, and patent layout and quality are also relatively weak, leaving China exposed to risks of supply cutoffs and bottleneck constraints.

Nov 25Fri
  1. OFweek Robotics40

    AI quality inspectors enter the automotive industry: Viewtrix AI machine vision inline measurement product series

    Viewtrix Robotics' AI machine vision inline measurement product series has been deployed at scale at multiple automotive OEMs and parts manufacturers, with inspection speeds dozens of times faster than traditional methods. The product offers capabilities including adaptive AI imaging optimization, few-shot learning defect detection, digital twin virtual commissioning, and zero-code task customization. Deployment cases include full-dimension battery pack inspection (about 100s to complete over a thousand inspection points), body gap and flush inspection (key body-in-white measurement points completed within 1 minute), and multi-camera vision inspection for missing or incorrectly installed parts (99.9% accuracy).

Oct 12Wed
  1. 机器人产业网 · 微信公众号22

    Industrial Robot Market Remains Booming, Sensor Industry Enters Peak Season

    In 2021, China's entire robotics industry reported operating revenue exceeding 130 billion yuan, and industrial robot output reached 366,000 units, a 10-fold increase over 2015, keeping China the world's largest industrial robot market. In 2021, China's manufacturing robot density exceeded 300 units per 10,000 workers, roughly a 13-fold increase over 2012, and industrial robot applications covered 60 major industry categories and 168 industry subcategories.

Sep 23Fri
  1. 机器人产业网 · 微信公众号33

    News Brief | Drone "architects" featured on today's Nature cover; Japan's first robot-arm-assisted SEEG surgery for epilepsy; Baidu releases new-generation Xiaodu delivery robot, and more

    Inspired by bees, a team from Imperial College London and others proposed a drone swarm consisting of BuilDrone and ScanDrone that autonomously builds 3D-printed structures under human supervision; the results appear on the cover of the latest issue of Nature.

Sep 22Thu
  1. 机器人产业网 · 微信公众号34

    News Brief: 72 New National-Level Specialized and Sophisticated "Little Giants" Added to Robot Industry Chain; World's First Live Autonomous Indoor Flight Inspection in Valve Hall, and More

    The fourth batch of national-level specialized and sophisticated "Little Giant" enterprises has been released, with 72 robot industry chain-related companies on the list, covering areas such as reducers, servo systems, control systems, sensors, industrial robots, mobile robots, and system integration.

  2. 机器人产业网 · 微信公众号43

    Tesla's humanoid robot Optimus to debut at end of month; Musk plans to deploy thousands at Texas factory

    Tesla announced that the prototype of its humanoid robot Optimus will officially debut at its "AI Day" on September 30, US Eastern Time. Musk plans to deploy thousands of Optimus robots at its Texas factory and eventually deploy millions worldwide. The project currently has about 20 job openings, and the autonomous driving team has also joined the research.

Sep 20Tue
  1. 机器人产业网 · 微信公众号29

    Brief: Bubble microrobots achieve remote speed modulation; study on timing in human-robot collaborative operation; multiple institutions publish a review of efficient NLP methods, and more

    A team from the Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, published research in Small on magnetically controlled bubble microrobots. By adjusting the orientation of Janus microspheres through a 3D Helmholtz coil magnetic control system, they achieved remote speed modulation, and used microbubble collapse jets to accomplish propulsion, anchoring, and grasping; surface capillary waves can sweep particles in the far field.

Sep 19Mon
  1. 机器人产业网 · 微信公众号28

    China's robotics industry ranks only fifth in competitiveness? It's not as weak as you think

    A report by the Federation of Korean Industries shows that China's robotics industry ranks fifth among major countries in overall competitiveness, behind Japan, the United States, Germany, and Switzerland. The Chinese Institute of Electronics' China Robotics Industry Development Report (2022) forecasts that China's robotics market will reach $17.4 billion in 2022, with a five-year average annual growth rate of 22%, while the global market will reach $51.3 billion. Domestic manufacturers have already achieved partial localization in key core components such as reducers, controllers, and servo systems.

Aug 23Tue
  1. OFweek Robotics47

    Robotics boom: humans lose out to dogs — humanoid robots struggle to commercialize, quadruped robot dogs sell only a few thousand units a year

    Industry insiders believe bipedal humanoid robots have no practical value in the short term and are unlikely to be commercialized within ten years: Xiaomi's CyberOne "Tieda" costs about 600,000 to 700,000 yuan per unit and cannot be mass-produced, and Boston Dynamics has never intended to bring Atlas to market. Quadruped robot dogs are commercializing faster: Unitree's industry-grade quadruped robot dog has a payload of 160–200 jin, with annual sales of only a few thousand units; Xiaomi's CyberDog "Tiedan" is priced at 9,999 yuan, with 700 of the first 1,000 units sold in the Xiaomi community. China's robotics market is expected to reach $17.4 billion in 2022.

Jan 19Wed
  1. Morado Ventures31

    Morado Ventures partners on the tech trends they track and their seed-stage investment logic

    Morado Ventures partners Ash and Mike, in a conversation with editor-in-chief Russ Rizzo, share their seed-stage investment logic, saying that falling costs of AI, machine learning, sensors, and edge computing are opening new opportunities, and that for early-stage investing "now" means three to five years out. The two note that rentable GPUs in the cloud have sharply lowered the cost of machine learning at scale, and their portfolio includes autonomous-device and self-driving companies such as Everest Labs, Canvas, and Zipline.

Sep 30Thu
  1. OFweek Robotics39

    All-Scenario, Digital: What Makes UDI Service Robots Different?

    UDI Technology spans multiple scenarios including entertainment and dining, hotels, and outdoor delivery. It has achieved mass production and shipment of products including the fifth-generation You Xiaodi, You Xiaomei, and third-generation You Xiaoge, and has partnered with more than 8,000 B-end customers in hotel scenarios cumulatively. Its self-developed SLAM localization and mapping, differential chassis, and motion control technologies use the NVIDIA Xavier computing platform. Sales revenue in the first half of 2021 grew 9-fold year on year. The outdoor delivery business is expected to carry out large-scale commercial deployment testing by the end of this year.

Sep 6Mon
  1. New Strategy Robotics40

    Estun and Zhongshe Robotics sign to enter Shunde Beijiao, 10,000-mu robot town taking shape

    Nanjing Estun and Guangzhou Zhongshe Robotics formally signed to enter Shunde Beijiao at the 2021 Shunde Robot Industry Investment Promotion Conference. Last month, Estun won a land parcel in the Tanzhou Convention and Exhibition South Area of Sanlongwan, Shunde, to build a South China industrial base, while its affiliated company Zhongshe Robotics acquired an adjacent parcel to build a South China intelligent manufacturing industrial base. Under Shunde's 14th Five-Year Plan, the intelligent robot industry cluster aims to reach the "hundred-billion level" by 2025, and Beijiao already hosts clustered projects including Midea KUKA, Bozhilin Robot Valley, and Han's Robot.

Jul 17Sat
  1. New Strategy Robotics22

    2021 Forklift AGVs accelerate: Kete launches a complete forklift AGV product line

    In 2021, the forklift AGV market expanded rapidly with the development of mobile robot technology, as forklift OEMs and AGV vendors entered the space, while forklift AGVs still accounted for less than 1% of the forklift market. Kete worked with major forklift OEMs on joint development and launched a complete product line including electric pallet trucks, stacker, counterbalance, reach, and three-way forklift AGVs, used in automotive, 3C, express delivery, and logistics scenarios. Zhejiang Kete Robot, backed by Zhejiang University, also offers intelligent AGVs, industrial robotic arms, and intelligent warehousing and logistics systems.

Apr 7Wed
  1. OFweek Robotics25

    OFweek 2021 (10th) China Robotics Industry Conference and Annual Robotics Industry Awards Ceremony Concludes Successfully

    On April 7, 2021, the 2021 (10th) China Robotics Industry Conference, hosted by OFweek, was held in Shenzhen under the theme "Innovation Empowers, Intelligent Manufacturing Future." Academician Tan Jianrong, Professor Cao Qixin, and executives from Han's Robot, Universal Robots, Elite Robots, Midea, MiR, Topstar, and Peitian delivered speeches on topics including collaborative robots, AI plus robotics, autonomous mobile robots (AMR), medical robots, and supply chains.

Feb 3Wed
  1. OFweek Robotics36

    Topstar's Wu Fengli delivers 2020 annual summary: embrace change, transcend cycles

    At Topstar's 2020 annual summary meeting, Chairman Wu Fengli reviewed the company's year, including the decision to make mask machines after work resumed, revenue growth of more than 60%, the establishment of a Vietnam subsidiary, and the acquisitions of Yilida injection molding machines and Evermi CNC. He introduced the business philosophy of "embracing change to alter one's fate," with future focus on three major product lines: injection molding machines, CNC, and industrial robots, alongside hardware and service platforms. For 2021, the company plans to recruit at least 200 fresh graduates from 985/211 universities, set up 50-60 offices, and launch the Tuotuo maintenance platform and Jichengxia app.

Feb 1Mon
  1. OFweek Robotics41

    Why did robotics companies' performance surge collectively in 2020? QKM Technology reveals the truth behind it

    OFweek Robotics interviewed Liang Jintang, Marketing Director of QKM Technology, to explain the reasons behind the collective rise in robotics companies' performance in 2020. He noted that the pandemic prevented workers from returning to their posts and strengthened companies' willingness to undertake automation upgrades, which, combined with overseas orders flowing back to China, left the company's factory with a full order book and supply falling short of demand. QKM Technology positions itself as a manufacturer of lightweight industrial robot bodies and has developed a lineup of 9 major series and 30 models, covering SCARA, Delta, and six-axis robots.

Jan 30Sat
  1. OFweek Robotics29

    Songqing Intelligent's revenue doubles but pressure mounts: how can robot system integrators break out of the siege?

    Dongguan robot system integrator Songqing Intelligent doubled its revenue in 2020, but Li Jianqiang, general manager of its marketing department, admitted that competition in the industry is very intense. Because the barrier to entry for system integration is low, small integration companies that can be set up by just two or three people use low costs to seize market share in less intelligent segments. Songqing Intelligent has implemented more than 300 "machine substitution" projects, served more than 100 customers, holds 180 patents, and can take on more complex project requirements.

Jan 21Thu
  1. OFweek Robotics27

    10 major events review an extraordinary year for the robotics industry in 2020

    Amid the pandemic in 2020, China's industrial robot output reached 237,000 units, and GDP grew 2.3%. OFweek selected 10 major events to review the year: Siasun donated equipment worth a total of 6.1 million yuan, including SL-AC1-A medical delivery robots and SRYC1402C catering service robots, to support the fight against the pandemic; Topstar launched a "one operator, two machines fully automatic flat mask production line" with a capacity of about 4,000 masks per hour; Jiangsu's first 5G cloud-based intelligent patrol, temperature-measuring and epidemic-prevention robot was put into use in Tongzhou District on February 27.

  2. OFweek Robotics44

    Youibot's Zheng Hao: AGV market has great potential, but must overcome two obstacles: cost and scenario universality

    Youibot Deputy General Manager Zheng Hao believes the AGV market still has enormous room for growth: from 2014 to 2019, domestic AGV output rose from 3,200 units to 33,400 units, and sales scale grew from 700 million yuan to 6.175 billion yuan, with high-end manufacturing and deep cultivation of niche industries as the main drivers.

May 6Mon
May 5Sun
  1. OFweek Robotics57

    Toyota AI Ventures launches $100 million Fund II to invest in mobile robotics startups

    Toyota AI Ventures has launched a new $100 million fund, Fund II, aimed mainly at early-stage mobile robotics startups. The firm, a subsidiary of Toyota Research Institute (TRI), has invested in 19 startups in less than two years since its founding, and Fund II will bring its total assets to more than $200 million. One of its previous investments, May Mobility, is building autonomous shuttles.