Beijing robot output up 2.3x in H1; Zhiyuan A3 wins China & EU certifications
创业邦 · wechat · 2026-08-20
At the 2026 World Robot Conference, Beijing's mayor said the city's 10B-yuan robot fund has leveraged 53B+ yuan in social capital, with 1,000 robot companies and 7 new embodied-AI unicorns. H1 output rose 76% for industrial robots and 2.3x for service robots.
Other highlights: Zhiyuan's full-size humanoid A3 obtained China CR and EU CE certifications; the world's first embodied-AI model for machine tools entered validation in Changzhou; Samsung plans a ₩240B HVAC line in Korea targeting AI data centers; China led the first international smart-manufacturing standard for steel; Bambu Lab launched a consumer UV printer program.
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