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World Robot Conference closes in

Beijing, showcasing innovative
products
By Global TimesPublished: Sep 13, 2021 06:18 PM
   
Photo taken on Sept. 12, 2021 shows a service robot displayed at the World Robot Conference held in
Beijing, capital of China. The 2021 World Robot Conference is held in Beijing from Sept. 10 to 13. More
than 110 enterprises and scientific research institutions brought over 500 products to the exhibition.(Photo:
Xinhua)

The World Robot Conference closed on Monday in Beijing's Yizhuang district,

with more than 110 enterprises exhibiting over 500 products throughout the fair. 

The fair fell on September 10 to 13 with the theme of "Share New Achievements,

Inject New Dynamics". It has four exhibition zones, including industrial robotics

exhibition area and service robots exhibition area.

Medical robots, bionic robots, humanoid robots and brain-controlled robots

represented the four hot highlight segments during the event, among which a

humanoid robot with a strong resemblance to Albert Einstein has attracted the

visitors' attention. It introduced the conference at the booth with body movements

and vivid expression. 

Internet e-commerce firm JD launched an intelligent delivery vehicle, with

underlying technologies supported by 5G, artificial intelligence, big data and

cloud computing, which will greatly improve efficiency of express delivery.

Zhang Wei, vice president of Tencent Platform and Content Group, attended the

opening ceremony on September 10. The company signed a cooperation

agreement with the firm, in order to jointly promote the development of science

literacy education for young people nationwide in the areas of talent training and

popularization of science, technology, engineering and math (often referred to as

STEM).

Tencent has made youth science literacy education a top priority and worked

with universities to improve discipline construction, Zhang said.

According to Zhang, the company has launched programming creation-related

curriculum and programming education platform, which has enhanced the

independent research-based learning skills for students.