On September 27, “The Sixth International Conference on Integrated Applications of mobile robots and Composite Robotics Summit”, supported by the Songjiang District People’s Government, Shanghai, and sponsored by Robot Phoenix Technology, was co-hosted by the Mobile Robot (AGV/AMR) Industry Alliance, Dongjing Town People’s Government, Songjiang District, Shanghai, and the National Torch Shanghai Songjiang Dongjing Artificial Intelligence Characteristic Industry Base. The event was organized by Shenzhen Mobile Robot Multimedia, New Strategy Mobile Robot Industry Research Institute, and Shanghai Dongjing Artificial Intelligence Development Co., Ltd. It was successfully held in Shanghai.
Over nearly a decade of rapid development, China’s mobile robotics industry has become a highly competitive mainstream force in the global market. On one hand, the localization rate of mobile robots in China has reached 95%; on the other hand, China’s application market accounts for over 45% of the global market share, attracting significant attention worldwide. Additionally, mobile robots, as a combination of autonomous driving, humanoid robots, and embodied intelligence, have become a cornerstone of new intelligent technologies in the field of artificial intelligence.
The annual International Mobile Robot Conference aims to showcase China’s most innovative, leading, and branded mobile robot products and technologies to the world, while also promoting deeper and broader industrial advancement on a larger scale. This conference attracted over 400 participants from upstream and downstream companies in the industry chain, with more than 3,000 people watching the event through online live streaming.
Theme Sharing
SIASUN: Integration and Application of Digital Mobile Robots 
Core Content: Technological innovation, innovative sub-application development, collaborative model innovation, and comprehensive capability innovation are key to continuously advancing both the industry and the company. Developments in technologies such as navigation, perception, scheduling, interaction, and AI will drive the ongoing evolution of mobile robot applications. SIASUN has accumulated profound technical and application experience in digital mobile robots and, with an open and cooperative attitude, hopes to empower customers better by collaborating with more partners in the future.
Robot Phoenix Technology: Creating a New Era for Mobile Robots 
Core Content: Application integration, platform models, and virtual reality are ushering mobile robots into a new era of transformation. Robot Phoenix Technology aims to be the “Foxconn” of the AGV industry, providing high-quality ODM services. Its ODM model supports over 7 controller brands, including IPC, microcontrollers, ARM, and PLC, resulting in the industry’s most diverse product portfolio. With unique customization capabilities across eight systems, it can create 300 different configuration combinations, making it truly “as simple as building blocks to create AGVs.”
Pudu Robotics: Rapid Delivery Model Based on Standard Products and Solutions for AMR/AGV 
Core Content: Superior product quality, highly adaptable SLAM algorithms, distributed multi-machine scheduling systems, and foolproof rapid deployment tools are essential for the quick delivery of intelligent standard products. As a leading global provider of commercial service robots, Pudu launched its first industrial delivery robot in May this year, officially entering the industrial sector. Thanks to its flexible, safe, and easily deployable standard products and solutions, Pudu can achieve disruptive rapid delivery capabilities in industrial scenarios.
TE Connectivity: Small Size, Big Power—One-Stop Connector Solutions for Going Global 
Core Content: As a preferred engineering partner for today’s innovators and technology entrepreneurs, TE Connectivity is committed to solving future challenges through advanced connectivity and sensor solutions. In the mobile robotics field, TE Connectivity has launched a series of products, including high plug-and-play charging solutions and high-shock-resistant connector solutions, to enable mobile robots to achieve efficient and safe charging and battery swapping, thereby enhancing overall performance and operational efficiency.
Geek+: Innovation and Application of One-Stop Warehouse Robot Solutions 
Core Content: With the rapid development of smart logistics, companies need innovative solutions to achieve comprehensive automation upgrades in warehousing to meet rapidly changing market demands. Geek+ offers a full range of logistics robot products and solutions to meet diverse scenario needs, capable of creating complete warehouse solutions. A single system enables efficient coordination among robots, allowing for agile adaptation to customer business changes. Additionally, the one-stop warehouse robot solution can be quickly integrated into various scenarios, ensuring rapid implementation and ease of use.
Gyrobot: Smart Factory Solutions for the Semiconductor Industry 
Core Content: In the semiconductor industry, especially in packaging and testing, smart factories and unmanned plants have automated manufacturing processes. However, wafer handling and loading/unloading still rely on manual labor, which will eventually transition to full automation. Gyrobot specializes in the application of wafer-level handling robots in the semiconductor sector and has launched several products, including intelligent non-track wafer handling robots, smart non-track robotic arms, and fleet dispatch management systems. These solutions have already been implemented in several internationally renowned semiconductor factories.
Standard Launch
The national standard “Requirements for the Data Interface of the Industrial Mobile Robot Dispatching System” mainly includes definitions of data interfaces, data formats, and communication protocols for industrial application mobile robot scheduling systems. It aims to improve interoperability and compatibility among different systems through standardized data interfaces, thereby promoting the ubiquitous collaboration of various types of industrial application mobile robots.
Blue Book Release
The “Blue Book on the Development of Laser Radar Products for Mobile Robots (AGV/AMR)” is edited by the CMRA, with contributions from leading companies such as Shandong Laien Optic Electronic Technology Co., Ltd., Shandong Free Optical Technology Co., Ltd., Shenzhen Litra Technology Co. Ltd., Leuze Sensor Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., Shanghai Siminics Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., Hangzhou OLE-SYSTEMS Co., Ltd., Beijing Icedrink Technology Co., Ltd., and Shanghai Slamtec Co·, Ltd.
Theme Sharing
Youibot: Exploration of Embodied Intelligence in Cluster Applications 
Core Content: Embodied intelligence enhances mobile robots in various aspects, including perception and cognition, autonomous decision-making and action, as well as interaction and collaboration capabilities. As one of the early pioneers in composite mobile robot technology in China, Youibot continuously improves the intelligence of its robots, applying high-precision integrated SLAM navigation mobile robots and application software systems to support the intelligent upgrade of industrial logistics and inspection operations for global enterprises, achieving stable, flexible, and efficient production operations.
HANGZHOU OLE-SYSTEMS: “Functional Safety Radar—GS1-5 Empowering the Safety Upgrade of Smart Factories” 
Core Content: As a representative domestic industrial laser radar enterprise, OLE’s laser radar and sensor solutions have been successfully applied to various AGV and AMR devices. The GS1-5 functional safety laser radar launched by OLE is an advanced product that combines high safety, powerful detection performance, and wide application. It complies with multiple international safety standards and boasts excellent detection performance and environmental adaptability, making it suitable for industrial automation, robot navigation, safety detection, and other fields.
JAKA Robotics: Integrated Solutions from Mobility to Operation 
Core Content: Currently, most composite robots in the industry are assembled from different mechanical arms, AGVs, vision systems, grippers, and force control products, which leads to several application challenges: systems that cannot integrate, complex deployment operations, and long implementation cycles. JAKA Robotics has launched the JAKA S³ mobile operating robot, utilizing a solution with system integration and modular hardware design to tackle existing pain points one by one, making production line upgrades more flexible, safer, and quicker to deploy.
VMR: Embodied Intelligence—Expanding Innovative Scenarios for Mobile Robots 
Core Content: “Embodied intelligence” refers to intelligent agents with physical presence, capable of environmental perception, intelligent interaction, autonomous decision-making, and execution, while continuously learning new skills and knowledge through these capabilities. Composite robots (humanoid robots) are typical carriers of embodied intelligence. VMR employs 3D vision sensors and AI algorithms to empower embodied intelligent robots with enhanced three-dimensional environmental perception capabilities, leading to a deeper understanding of three-dimensional space.
IPLUSMOBOT: “AMR+” Comprehensive Intelligent Logistics Integration Solutions 
Core Content: IPLUS ROBOTICS is dedicated to helping users build digital factories from scratch. Depending on the different stages of digital logistics upgrades in various manufacturing plants, IPLUS offers a range of logistics robot products, from individual logistics robots to automation in specific sections, and finally to interconnected logistics robots across the entire plant, production line equipment, and third-party facilities. Currently, IPLUS ROBOTICS has implemented over 1,000 projects globally.
Faurecia (China): Intelligent Mobile Robot Planning and Practices in the Automotive Parts Industry 
Core Content: Faurecia (China) has a clear vision for the digital future—creating “smart factories” by achieving high levels of automation, integration, intelligence, and flexibility through digital applications from construction and production to operations. In the process of building “smart factories,” Faurecia (China) views mobile robots as vital tools for digital transformation in logistics applications, with increasing emphasis on investment and use of relevant products across its factories.
China Mobile Robot Alliance: Market Exploration from Mobile to Humanoid Robots 
Core Content: Whether composite robots or humanoid robots, both will utilize artificial intelligence technologies such as deep learning and reinforcement learning as core technologies in the future. These technologies will enhance the robots’ perception, understanding, decision-making, and action capabilities, enabling them to adapt intelligently to complex and dynamic environments and tasks. Among these, wheeled humanoid robots with embodied intelligence are expected to achieve practical applications in various scenarios ahead of others.
Discussion Topics
Core Issues:
- The future applications of industrial hybrid mobile robots.
- The future forms of embodied intelligence in intelligent mobility and collaborative operations.
Moderator:
Li Jinke, Secretary-General of the Mobile Robot Industry Alliance and Director of the New Strategy Mobile Robot Industry Research Institute.
Special Guests:
– Zhang Xu, CEO of Robot Phoenix Technology
– Zheng Chao, General Manager of VMR
– Li Wei, Deputy General Manager of Shanghai Junyi Industrial Automation
– Li Guang, Head of Chip Engineering Technology at Yixing CRRC Times Semiconductor
– Zhong Nanhai, Director of M31 Capital
This conference reviewed the latest advancements and successful applications of mobile and composite robots in intelligent manufacturing, smart logistics, healthcare, and smart cities, but also prospectively discussed future technology trends, market opportunities, and challenges, injecting new momentum and inspiration into the industry’s high-quality development. We believe the in-depth exchanges and interactions during this summit will promote more cross-domain collaborations and innovative achievements, driving global mobile and composite robot technologies to new heights.
