China’s extreme automation is a strength, but it’s also a response to the country’s most fundamental weakness: the impending ...

A visitor interacts with a robot at the 2025 Pujiang Innovation Forum held in East China's Shanghai, Sept 21, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua] BERLIN -- China's industrial robot stock reached a record 2,027,000 ...

China is making and installing factory robots at a far greater pace than any other country, with the United States a distant third, further strengthening China’s already dominant global role in ...

SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) -In a sprawling warehouse in a Shanghai suburb, dozens of humanoid robots are manoeuvred by their operators to carry out tasks like folding a T-shirt, making a sandwich and ...

China is rapidly advancing in the field of humanoid robotics, with Engine AI emerging as a prominent force driving innovation. Established in October 2023 by Zha Tongyang, this Chinese robotics ...

China continues to lead the world in industrial robotics, installing a record 295,000 robots in 2024 alone, which accounts for over half of all global installations. This growth is part of a global ...

“The transition of many industries into the digital and automated age has been marked by a huge surge in demand (for robotics),” according to IFR president Takayuki Ito. The International Federation ...

ZURICH (Reuters) -ABB is launching three new families of factory robots designed specially for China, the Swiss engineering company said on Wednesday, as it aims to benefit from rising demand for ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. Beijing is dramatically pushing eldercare robots as part of its national ...