Abstract—As top aggregation of modern electronics and software technology, robots have paid great attention. With the automation development trend of international manufacturing industry, the market demand of industrial robots is powerfully rising and has been honored with “the pearl on the top of the crown in the manufacturing industry”. China, as the largest developing country in the world, has been speeding up to march from big manufacturing country into powerful manufacturing country. This paper mainly introduces the development background and current situation of industrial robots in China as well as prospect of China-made industrial robot. 

Index Terms—robot; industrial robot; China-made

Cite: Li Zheng, Shuhua Liu, and Siyu Wang, "Current Situation and Future of Chinese Industrial Robot Development," International Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Robotics Research, Vol. 5, No. 4, pp. 295-300, October 2016. DOI: 10.18178/ijmerr.5.4.295-300