On October 29, the “2025 Embodied Intelligence Mobile Robot Industry Summit,” hosted by China Mobile Robot Industry Alliance (CMRA) and Humanoid Robot Scene Application Alliance (HRAA), and co-organized by Hangcha Group and TE Connectivity, was successfully held at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre!
Embodied intelligence mobile robots are a key carrier for artificial intelligence to enter the real world. They can see, move, and think, and can deeply interact with people and the environment. In manufacturing, logistics, commerce, and services, they are releasing enormous potential and commercial value at an unprecedented pace.
This conference was divided into three special sessions: “AI + Logistics Robot Session,” “Mobile Robot New Product Launch and Roadshow Session,” and “Intelligent Agent, New Ecosystem–Hangcha Group Embodied Intelligence Industry Technology Innovation Session.” Leading companies, technical experts, and investment institutions from the upstream and downstream of the embodied intelligence and mobile robot industry chain gathered in Shanghai to discuss the technological changes, ecosystem building, and future blueprint of the “Intelligent Agent Era.”
AI + Logistics Robot Session
Siasun: Siasun’s Application and Exploration of AI + Embodied Intelligence in the Logistics Field
Image: Lv Xiangren, President of Siasun Mobile Robot Research Institute
Insights: Lv Xiangren pointed out that AI-driven mobile robots are moving from “automation” to “autonomy”, which requires deep learning networks as a foundation, leveraging technologies such as multi-sensor fusion SLAM to achieve better feature extraction and environmental understanding. Embodied intelligence, emphasizing the integration of “body” and “brain,” will propel it into a new stage of more flexible intelligence.
TE Connectivity: How High-Reliability Connectors Empower Robot AI Decision-Making Closed Loop
Image: Tu Guojiao, Robotics Industry Product Manager, Industrial Automation and Electrical Business Unit, TE Connectivity
Insights: TE Connectivity shared its innovations and achievements in the robotics field. Last year, the company achieved revenue of $15.8 billion, deeply focusing on diverse fields such as SCARA, six-axis, collaborative and humanoid robots, AGV/AMR, etc. Its core advantage is providing highly compact, safe, and reliable connectors, widely used in core components such as charging and electronic control systems, joint modules, and communication.
KUKA AMR: Robotics + AI: KUKA AMR Empowers Smart Manufacturing
Image: Yu Yang, Product Director, KUKA AMR
Insights: KUKA shared its mobile robot strategic layout, showcasing its KMP series AMRs and KMP+ solutions adaptable to multiple scenarios. The core is its self-developed KUKA AMR.OS system, integrating multiple algorithms to achieve high-precision positioning and planning, leveraging the VDA5050 interface to facilitate multi-brand collaboration, and exploring large-scale models and embodied intelligence to support smart manufacturing upgrades.
NTI: From Demonstration to Scale – A Systematic Implementation Path for AI-Driven Logistics Mobile Robots
Image: Wang Yong, Technical Director, NTI and Deputy Director of CMRA Expert Committee
Insights: Wang Yong shared the practice of logistics robots from technology integration to in-depth scenario development, explaining the technological evolution brought about by AI, emphasizing that systematic implementation requires choosing the right scenarios and tools, rapid iteration, finding good allies, calculating costs, and adhering to safety bottom lines. He also summed up three ironclad rules: optimal human-machine collaboration, algorithms with safety locks, and a clear return on investment.
Roundtable Discussion
Core Topics:
- From “Individual Intelligence” to “Swarm Intelligence”: How Does AI Drive Logistics Robots to Achieve Cross-Scenario Collaboration and Self-Evolution?
- In the process of AI driving logistics robots to achieve cross-scenario collaboration and continuous evolution, what different requirements will be placed on the connectivity?
Host: Li Jinke, Secretary-General of CMRA
Special Guests:
Lv Xiangren, President of Siasun Mobile Robot Research Institute
Wang Yong, Technical Director, NTI
Wang Zhiyu, Head of Volkswagen FAW Engine Changchun Branch and Head of Autonomous Mobile Robot Team
Tu Guojiao, Robotics Industry Product Manager, Industrial Automation and Electrical Business Unit, TE Connectivity
Mobile Robot New Product Launch and Roadshow Session
Release of Blue Book
Release of the Blue Book on the Development of Embodied Intelligent Mobile Manipulator Industry (2025 Edition)
This blue book was edited by CMRA and New Strategy Mobile Robot Industry Research Institute (NSRI), sponsored by YOUIBOT, and jointly compiled by companies such as RobotPhoenix, LiGong, Hinton AI, JAKA Robotics, Intel, GYROBOT, TM Robot, and KUKA AMR.
According to data from CMRA and statistics from NSRI, the sales volume of cobots in 2024 reached 1,560 units, a year-on-year increase of 24.80%, with the growth rate accelerating. In the first half of 2025, the sales volume of cobots in the Chinese market exceeded 1,500 units, approaching the total sales volume for 2024, with a sales value of nearly 1 billion yuan.
Image: Peng Qing, Deputy Director of CMRA and NSRI, interpreted the main contents of the Blue Book
Image: Peng Qing, Editor-in-Chief of CMRA, presented plaques to the title sponsor and participants of the Blue Book
HyperLeap: HyperSort Agent Debuted – Release of End-to-End Fully Robotic Sorting Solution
Image: Sun Rui, Product Director of Suzhou HyperLeap
Insights: HyperLeap launched its new generation HyperSort Agent logistics intelligent agent, with the core concept of “Agent”. It’s not a single device, but a collaborative robotic system integrating core components such as robotic arms, sorting robots, and seeders. It automates the entire process from package feeding and sorting to seeding, providing end-to-end flexible sorting solutions for e-commerce and express delivery scenarios, helping customers move from “single-point automation” to “global collective intelligence.”
GALAXIS: GALAXIS VFR Cyber Lift – A Logistics Robot embodied with Intelligence for Narrow Aisle, High Load Capacity, and High Lifting Capacity
Image: Tang Dawei, Product Director, GALAXIS
Insights: GALAXIS represents “positive R&D and original innovation,” adhering to the philosophy of “promoting one generation, validating one generation, and developing one generation.” Following the release of three new VFR products in August, the company launched an upgraded version of the VFR-CC on the first day of the exhibition. Breaking through traditional limitations with “intelligent narrow aisle access,” it is suitable for high-density storage. Relying on its original product line and globally pioneering patents, it continues to lead the industry, providing intelligent solutions for warehousing and logistics.
“Intelligent Agents, New Ecosystem”
-Hangcha Group Embodied Intelligence Industry Technology Innovation Session
Hangcha Group: Implementation of Embodied Intelligence in Logistics and Launch of Humanoid Robot Products
Image: Tao Yikun, Head of Embodied Intelligence Project, Hangcha Group
Insights: Tao Yikun pointed out that logistics is an ideal scenario for the industrial application of embodied intelligence. Hangcha is transforming from overall solutions to digital twin logistics solutions, launching products such as the X1 series wheeled humanoid logistics robots, cobots, and a series of forklift AGVs. The company has broken through technological bottlenecks, promoted the evolution of VLA to DTA, and built 3D and tactile perception models, systematically deploying and promoting the large-scale application of embodied intelligence.
Signing Ceremony
Zhejiang HCGZ Intelligence Technology Robot Co., Ltd. signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Beijing China Tobacco Information Technology Co., Ltd. and China Telecom Co., Ltd. Xuzhou Branch! This signing marks Hangcha’s humanoid robots’ deep penetration into industrial scenarios and lays a solid foundation for its transformation from product development to large-scale application.
Qian Jun (right), Executive Vice President of HCGZ Intelligence
Lu Yunlong (left), Regional Director of Beijing Tobacco
Qian Jun (right), Executive Vice President of HCGZ Intelligence
Wang Kun (left), General Manager of Government and Enterprise Department of China Telecom (Xuzhou Branch)
DEEP Robotics: Humanoid Robot Technology and Progress
Image: Zhu Qiuguo, Founder and CEO of Hangzhou DEEP Robotics
Insights: Zhu Qiuguo, combining the development background and research status of humanoid robots, outlined the evolution of products, key technologies from ZMP criteria to reinforcement learning control, and skill advancements. As a high ground in technological competition, humanoid robots face many core technical challenges, while his team’s DR-02 robot, with its IP66 protection level and strong performance, has broken through the bottleneck of industrial application scenarios.
Qunhe Technology: Industrial Digital Twins Driven by Spatial Intelligence
Image: Wu Kailiang, Senior Vice President of Hangzhou Qunhe Technology
Insights: Wu Kailiang described the cooperation with Hangcha as “meeting the right person at the right time.” With a solid technological foundation, Qunhe Technology has built the “SIM2REAL-Intelligent Agent Virtual Training School” and independently developed a multi-modal spatial model with billions of units. Its SpatialVerse platform provides one-stop training for robots, promoting the application of spatial intelligence in fields such as industrial digital twins.
Roundtable Discussion
Core Topics:
- Dedicated vs. General-Purpose Robot Bodies;
- Large vs. Small Models;
- Which is More Important: Data or Models?
Host: Wang Wenfei, Senior Vice President of HCGZ Intelligence and Vice Chairman of CMRA
Special Guests:
Tao Yikun, Head of Embodied Intelligence Project, Hangcha Group
Zhu Qiuguo, Founder and CEO of Hangzhou DEEP Robotics
Wu Kailiang, Senior Vice President of Hangzhou Qunhe Technology
Li Jinke, Secretary-General of CMRA and HRAA
The “2025 Embodied Intelligence Mobile Robot Industry Summit” concluded successfully amidst enthusiastic intellectual exchange and industry consensus. The conference not only comprehensively showcased the latest breakthroughs in the “perception-decision-action” closed-loop technology, but also clearly outlined the future vision of deep integration between intelligent agents and the real economy. The insights shared by the guests and the numerous cooperation intentions reached signify that the industrial ecosystem has moved from single-point technological breakthroughs to a new stage of scenario co-creation and ecosystem win-win. We firmly believe that with the collaborative efforts of industry, academia, research, and investment, embodied intelligence mobile robots will accelerate their penetration into all industries, becoming a key force driving the development of new quality productivity.
From December 3 to 5, the Annual Conference on Mobile Robot Industry Development 2025 will be held in Hefei, Anhui. As an annual industry conference, this event will bring together over 500 companies and more than 1,000 participants from the mobile robot and humanoid robot industries to discuss the industry’s new future and directions from different perspectives. Stay tuned!
