The 2024 World Robot Conference Humanoid Robots Take Center Stage

TapTechNews August 23rd news, the 2024 World Robot Conference officially kicked off on August 21st. At this year's conference, humanoid robots are the absolute protagonists, with 27 whole machines on display, setting a new record.

According to CCTV Finance and Economics reports, the exhibition site has become an arena for various R & D enterprises to showcase and compete. Some parts of humanoid robots have begun to enter the stage of small batch mass production, and some enterprises have even directly given the price, and the cheaper ones even dropped below $15,000.

TapTechNews noticed that Unitree Technology launched the G1 humanoid robot in May this year, with a starting price of $15,000. And at the 2024 World Robot Conference, the G1 robot迎来 the mass production version, and the design upgrade is more in line with the requirements of mass production, and there is also the Wukong skin version.

The 2024 World Robot Expo continues to adopt the robot + application scenario display method, deeply cultivates mature applications, and expands new scenarios. It has invited more than 150 domestic and foreign robot leading manufacturers, well-known companies, and emerging players to participate. More than 60 enterprises make their debut, and more than 50 new products debut. You can continue to pay attention to TapTechNews' follow-up reports.

As of July 2024, the number of valid robot-related patents held by China has exceeded 190,000, accounting for about two-thirds of the global share. China has been the world's largest industrial robot market for 11 consecutive years, and the new installed capacity in the past three years accounts for more than half of the global total; the robot density in the manufacturing industry has reached 470 per 10,000 workers, an increase of nearly 19 times in ten years.