China’s Robot Skin Sector Enters Mass Production Amid Soaring Humanoid Demand
China‘s robot skin sector is now moving towards mass production as rising demand from the fast-developing humanoid robot industry brings growing orders and accelerates product application.
Key Points:
- According to China Central Television (CCTV), the expansion of the humanoid robot industry has boosted the demand for bionic skin.
- A textile equipment manufacturer in Changshu City, east China’s Jiangsu Province, received 13,000 orders in June alone.
- The enterprise produces soft textile that conducts heat, prevents static electricity, and provides collision buffering.
- Liang Yong, general manager of the business department at Jiangsu Jinlong Technology Co., Ltd., explains the differences between humanoid robots’ clothing and human clothing.
- Flexible sensing enterprises in Suzhou City are also accelerating mass production of robot skin, with one company producing flexible thin-film pressure sensors.
- Industry insiders note that the robot skin sector is at a critical stage, with many firms transitioning from small-scale lab manufacturing to standardized production lines for mass production.
- Chen Shuting, principal scientist at Zhejiang Fulai New Materials Co., Ltd., mentions the rapid growth in demand, with over 40,000 units delivered in the past six months.
