Robotics sector goes full throttle for self-reliance despite headwinds

Critical components manufactured at home gradually replacing imports

With breakthroughs in critical technologies, China's robotics industry is gaining significant momentum as it strides ahead, experts and industry insiders have said.

Qiao Hong, an academician at the Chinese Academy of Sciences and director of a laboratory of multimodal artificial intelligence systems, said domestic humanoid robots have seen continuous technological advancements — in fields from component manufacturing and machine tool processing to control systems — and are now aligning with internationally advanced standards.

For example, in manufacturing, critical components are gradually replacing imports while achieving comparable levels of precision, especially in industrial applications, she said.