"27% yoy growth recorded in China's industrial robot output in Jan-Feb 2025"

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Data released by the National Bureau of Statistics on March 17 shows that China’s value-added industrial output above designated size grew by 5.9% year-on-year in the January-February period of 2025. The robotics sector exhibited particularly strong momentum, with industrial robot production reaching 91,088 units during this period, up 27.0% from a year earlier. Service robot output surged to 1.494 million units, a 35.7% increase, while robot reducer production saw an extraordinary 95.8% growth.

Operational Breakthroughs Across Industries

In automotive manufacturing, UBTech’s humanoid industrial robot Walker S1 at Zeekr’s smart factory has boosted material handling speeds by 25% while performing millimeter-precision quality checks on vehicle logos and lights using full-body cameras and AI algorithms, achieving over 99% accuracy with half the inspection time.

 

For electronics production, Nanjing Panda Electronics Equipment’s industrial robots now handle loading/unloading, assembly, grinding, and sorting. Their eight models across six series—featuring arm spans from 0.6m to 2.65m and payloads of 4kg to 165kg—streamline tasks like gluing and assembly on production lines.

 

Jiangsu Connect Intelligent Robot Co., Ltd. has further expanded automation possibilities with its welding robots. Equipped with programming-free and teaching-free capabilities, these systems eliminate complex setup processes, enabling rapid deployment and significantly lowering technical barriers for manufacturers while boosting welding precision and production efficiency.

 

Expert Insights

Sun Xiao, an NBS industrial analyst, attributed the growth to large-scale AI model adoption in sectors like electronics and automotive, driving demand for computing power and smart products. "The surge in industrial robot production has proportionally increased reducer demand—the highest-value component—which will accelerate precision reducer market expansion," Sun stated.

 

The updates highlight China’s deepening integration of intelligent robotics, with innovations like Jiangsu Konight’s simplified systems accelerating industrial transformation through accessible, high-efficiency automation solutions.