Taizhou steps up push into embodied intelligence industry

Service robots manufactured by Keenon in Taizhou, Jiangsu province. [Photo/WeChat account: tzfabu]

Taizhou is accelerating the development of its embodied intelligence industry, building on its strong manufacturing base and wide range of industrial application scenarios.

With a well-developed manufacturing sector spanning shipbuilding, chemicals, auto parts and other industries, the city has seen growing demand for smart upgrading, creating natural opportunities for the application of industrial robotics and embodied artificial intelligence technologies.

After years of development, Taizhou has made progress in both complete robot manufacturing and key core components.

In whole-machine manufacturing, Keenon Robotics has emerged as a global leader in commercial service robots, with cumulative shipments exceeding 100,000 units. The company is expected to help build a local service robot industrial cluster with an annual output value of 5 billion yuan ($723.5 million).

Meanwhile, Aolo has developed intelligent welding robots widely used in industries such as aviation, shipbuilding, and chemicals.

In the field of core components, Tailong Group has independently developed high-precision reducers suited for multiple robot joints, including mobile bases and robotic arms. Donghua Testing Technology has also advanced sensing technologies, with its six-axis force sensors — designed for robot wrists and ankles — entering small-batch trial production. Its torque sensors and measurement-control systems have already been adopted by some of China's leading humanoid robot companies.

At the same time, a number of traditional manufacturers in Taizhou are seizing the opportunities created by embodied intelligence and expanding into the emerging sector.

As embodied AI continues to gain momentum in industrial and service applications, Taizhou is positioning itself to capture a larger role in the next generation of intelligent manufacturing.