At the 2025 World Robot Conference held in Beijing, global experts are focusing on the development of the robotics industry. In his keynote speech, Takayuki Ito, President of the International Federation of Robotics, mentioned that the global installation of industrial robots will decrease by 3% year-on-year in 2024, but China will expand against the trend with a growth rate of 5%. On the 8th, Nikkei Asian Review reported that the Chinese market is experiencing a surge in investment in humanoid robots. On the scene of the conference, many foreign experts and insiders interviewed by the Global Times said that the Chinese humanoid robot industry has been at the forefront of global applications. Despite geopolitical and other factors, they still look forward to cooperating with Chinese enterprises.
In an interview with Global Times, Yuha Ronin, Vice President of the European Robotics Association, said, "Chinese companies started early in developing intelligent humanoid robots and have already emerged many excellent companies. Whether it is early quadruped robot dogs or humanoid robots that can perform combat now, China has achieved remarkable success in this regard." In his opinion, Chinese companies have extraordinary strength in hardware production, and China has a mature industrial chain to support the manufacturing of components such as gears, motors, linkages, sensors, etc. required for humanoid robots. What really surprised me was China's strength in the field of artificial intelligence, "Luo Ning told reporters. The development of artificial intelligence big language models that humanoid robots rely on requires huge investments in computing power, memory, and energy. The lightweight AI program launched by China's AI start-up DeepSeek is impressive. In his view, this efficient and energy-saving artificial intelligence processing method is crucial for achieving real-time, low-power response of humanoid robots.
Luoning also advocates the establishment of a globally unified standard for the robotics industry, believing that only in this way can countries build trust in each other's products. In his opinion, China and Europe can cooperate in almost all fields of humanoid robots. Cooperation in industrial production scenarios is the first choice, and currently this field is the most commercially mature. There is also great potential for cooperation in certain specific areas, but long-term investment is required. For example, in the agricultural field, both China and Europe have fertile agricultural production areas. Both sides can develop products according to local conditions: Chinese companies can focus on the large-scale application of humanoid robots in agriculture, while European companies can tackle applications in special environments
Yanif Moore, CEO of Tevel, an agricultural robot application technology company headquartered in Israel, is also very concerned about Chinese companies' innovation in the agricultural field. At the exhibition, he was deeply impressed by the application scenarios of robot agriculture showcased by Chinese research institutes. Moore told Global Times reporters, "I see China's strength and potential in this field, and we will seek to cooperate with Chinese farms. The Chinese market is huge, and we must rely on local partners to effectively explore it
Jeff Bernstein, President of the Association for the Advancement of Automation in the United States, stated in an interview with Global Times that despite geopolitical uncertainties, there is still enormous room for cooperation between China and the United States in core technologies such as artificial intelligence and humanoid robots, as well as in exploring emerging scenarios. To my knowledge, there is only one company in the United States that produces bipedal humanoid robots. He told reporters that robots in the United States mainly come from Europe, Japan, and China. In this field, American companies are more often component integrators and system integrators. The opportunities for cooperation between Chinese and American enterprises in algorithm optimization, security standard formulation, and other areas are gradually emerging. In his opinion, both countries have abundant talent resources. The United States has top AI education and research institutions, while China has rich AI application scenarios and manufacturing foundations. Therefore, in this field, Chinese and American enterprises should jointly promote technological progress in the industry.
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