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Editor's note: Robots help reduce production costs and upgrade the business process - they can work 24 hours non-stop, offer more output for repetitive work, and puts forward higher efficiency and accuracy.
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Medical robots Brain surgery robots developed by China, Japan |
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Inspired by Singapore's famous chilli crab dish, researchers have created a miniature robot with a pincer and a hook that can remove early-stage stomach cancers without leaving any scars. |
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Robots in services sector
Robot-themed restaurant attracts business A newly opened robot-themed restaurant has 18 different types of "robots", including dumpling chefs, noodle chefs, hot-dishes chefs, and waiters. These robots vary in appearance and color, with heights ranging from 1.3 to 1.6 meters. They can show more than 10 different facial expressions and speak simple Chinese. All of the "robotic waiters" are equipped with a detection device, which allows the robots move around freely without bumping into objects. |
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Great Wall Motors factory Chinese, German auto firms sign co-op deal Domestic market challenges spur producers' export drive Foxconn Technology Group |
A message from robots: it's our turn
An upsurge of workers who are replaced by robots is now a hot topic in the Pearl River Delta region, with Foxconn being one of the most prominent examples. Foxconn, one of the largest OEM (original equipment manufacture) companies in the electronic assembling industry in China, has been heavily hit by labor issues over the past few years.[full story] |
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Robots lift China's factories to new heights The giant orange robotic arms that swiftly weld together car frames at the Great Wall Motors factory in Baoding might seem like the perfect answer to China's fast-rising labor costs, reported Reuters.[full story] Experts: rising wages should feed robot boom The government should provide fiscal and taxation incentives to encourage increased production of industrial robots.[full story] |
Companies have home thoughts from abroad 'Reshoring' firms head for home Foreign firms finding new fields |
 Workers finish a shift at a factory in Ningbo in East China's Zhejiang province. Chinese labor costs, particularly in the eastern coastal regions, are rising.[Photo/China Daily] |
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