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Battle of the machines: Chinese robot makers take on foreign peers

By Ma Si and Tian Xuefei (China Daily) Updated: 2016-01-28 11:20

Battle of the machines: Chinese robot makers take on foreign peers

Kuka, headquartered in Augsburg, Germany, is a leading manufacturer of industrial robots and solutions for factory automation.The company developed its first industrial robot in 1973. Its robots are used in the automotive industry, plastics, metalworking, andthe electronics industry, among others.[Photo/chinadaily.com.cn]

"It is ready to work side by side with humans on assembly lines, performing a string of industrial tasks like grinding, packaging, assembling and feeding parts," he said.

The collaborative robot, which was unveiled in November, is part of a broad effort by Siasun, as well as its domestic peers, to cash in on the country's growing appetite for industrial robots as enterprises are cranking up automation of car and electronics factories.

The world's second-largest economy is already the leading market for industrial robots, accounting for a quarter of global sales, according to the International Federation of Robotics.

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