Sino-German joint venture to develop industrial robots
The Shenyang Yuanda Enterprise Group has signed a deal with a University of Hannover research team to work together on the development of collaborative industrial robots. Early design work will be completed in Germany, with the development and manufacture of commercial products taking place in Shenyang. The team hopes to market the products globally from the latter half of 2018. Industrial robots that collaborate with human workers are a priority of the Made in China 2025 and Germany's Industry 4.0 strategies.

By Yang Min(Chinadaily.com.cn)

Updated: 2017-01-16

On Jan 14, a Shenyang-based high-tech business signed an agreement with a scientific research team from Germany’s University of Hannover to cooperate on the research and development of collaborative industrial robots, resulting in the foundation of a Sino-German joint venture.

According to the agreement, the early design and research work will be conducted in Germany, and the research achievements will be transformed into commercial products in the Sino-German (Shenyang) High-end Equipment Manufacturing Industrial Park. Eventually, the products and services produced will sell be sold to the global market.

It is anticipated that the collaborative industrial robots will be launched to market during the second half of 2018.

“We chose Shenyang Yuanda Enterprise Group as a business partner for its solid experience of manufacturing robots” said a professor from the University of Hannover.

“More importantly, China has huge market potential for industrial robots, and it has become the largest market for robots with the fastest growth rate in the world,” the professor added.

Collaborative industrial robots

Collaborative industrial robots are one of the priorities of both Made in China 2025 and Germany's Industry 4.0 strategy. Collaborative industrial robots are complex machines which are capable of working with human beings. In a shared work process, they support and relieve the human operator. The advantages of collaborative industrial robots include their simplicity, high security, low costs and flexibility, which are targeted at areas like small parts assembly and the sorting of materials.