Hannover Messe 2025 shows the potential of innovation

The five-day Hannover Messe 2025, the world's premier industrial technology exhibition, concluded on Friday, leaving an indelible mark on the global manufacturing landscape. This year's theme, "Shaping the Future with Technology", was most evident in the Chinese pavilions, where over 1,000 exhibitors from China demonstrated how the country is redefining industrial innovation amid the digital transformation and green transition.

The stars were pioneers in robotics from China, particularly Unitree Robotics from Hangzhou, Zhejiang province. The company had brought a next-generation quadrupedal robot dog and a sophisticated humanoid robot to Hannover Messe 2025. While most exhibitors kept their robots safely behind barriers, Unitree's robot dog moved seamlessly through the packed exhibition halls without colliding with anyone, thanks to its advanced LiDAR and 3D vision systems. Many visitors found themselves unwittingly participating in an impromptu marketing campaign as they followed the robot back to Unitree's booth, where they were greeted by the company's humanoid robot assistant.

According to Unitree engineers, while current applications focus on industrial inspections and R&D, the technology is rapidly evolving toward household applications, with prototypes already capable of performing basic chores through voice commands.