Economic story in ＂Golden Week＂： Engineers make robots more competitive and ＂start＂ more accurate.
Xinhua News Agency, Jinan, October 2 (Reporter Shao Luwen) How to further optimize the internal routing of humanoid robot products, how to improve the autonomy of robots, and how to continue to upgrade the motion control algorithm … During the National Day holiday, Liu Gong, the technical director of Shandong Youbaote Intelligent Robot Co., Ltd., still thinks about these issues from time to time.
At the 2025 World Humanoid Robot Games, the robot "Mount Tai Walker" developed by Youbaote Company won the first place in the 100m exhibition race and the third place in the 4X100 relay race. "With the achievements, but also seeing the room for future progress, we have to optimize the products in all aspects without stopping." Liu Gong said.
Engineers of Shandong Youbaote Intelligent Robot Co., Ltd. are debugging the robot. Xinhua News Agency reporter Shao Luwen photo According to the data released by the 2025 World Robotics Congress, in 2024, China’s industrial robot market sold 302,000 sets, maintaining the world’s largest industrial robot market for 12 consecutive years. The huge market demand makes engineers engaged in robot training become one of the most scarce talent resources in the industry.
In Shandong Youbaote Intelligent Robot Co., Ltd., many engineers are busy testing various movements of humanoid robots, such as walking, running, raising hands, swinging arms, turning and so on. Every improvement means that the "robot trainer" has carried out a new round of iterative upgrade of the algorithm.
"The progress of robot performance condenses the countless sweat of R&D testers. For example, recently, our robot can only climb the steps of 10 cm, and now it can climb the steps of 25 cm at the highest. Behind it is the research and development of visual algorithms and other capabilities for several months. " Liu Gong told reporters.
Engineers engaged in robot training are not only in the field of humanoid robots, but also in the field of industrial robots with wider application scenarios, and a large number of staff are devoted to research and promote technological innovation.
The technicians of Shandong Youbaote Intelligent Robot Co., Ltd. are testing the robot performance. Xinhua News Agency reporter Shao Luwen photo In the smart logistics center built by Lanjian Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd., many robots work nonstop: more than a thousand intelligent shuttle buses shuttle back and forth on the honeycomb-like three-dimensional shelves; Small handling robots carry 400 kg to 3 tons of materials on the flat ground quickly; Providing a new generation of "goods to people" solution, the container robot can move flexibly on different dimensional planes …
"With the rapid development of Internet of Things, big data, artificial intelligence and other technologies, as well as the in-depth application in the field of logistics and warehousing, there is a great demand for the development of intelligent warehousing in various industries, which puts higher demands on the training of warehousing robots." Ma Wenkai, head of vision and algorithm at Lanjian Intelligent R&D Center, said.
"The original intelligent loading and unloading robot needed all containers to be placed neatly to better load and unload goods. Now, our upgraded products can accurately grab containers that are randomly placed, sunken containers, and containers with shelter next to them. " Ma Wenkai said that with the training of engineers, the robot’s "eyes" can see more clearly and its "hands-on" can be more accurate.
The reporter learned from an interview in Jinan that not only leading enterprises such as Youbaote and Lanjian Intelligent have made breakthroughs in technology, but also many enterprises have grown rapidly in many sub-sectors and become "invisible champions" in the industry relying on years of talent accumulation.
Zhaopin’s "Talent Development Report of Robot Industry in 2025" shows that in the first five months of 2025, the number of recruitment positions in the domestic robot industry increased by 6% year-on-year, and the number of job seekers increased by 32% year-on-year.
"The robot industry needs not only top talents, but also talents in system design, system debugging, installation, operation and maintenance." Song Rui, a professor at the School of Control Science and Engineering of Shandong University, said that from the perspective of quantity and growth mode, the demand for talents in the artificial intelligence industry, including robots, will explode, and the talent market has a very broad prospect.
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