Themed "Intelligent Ecosystem for a New Open Era," this year's WRC is aimed at providing a platform for China and other countries to deepen cooperation in the robotics industry.

 

In the WRC exhibition center, a robotic surgical system co-developed by Chinese and Swiss scientists, "Ophthorobotics," showcases the latest achievements of international cooperation.

The robot, able to do injection therapy and help treat chronic eye diseases, can finish the injection in two minutes, compared to at least 15 to 20 minutes by an ophthalmologist.

 

The robot has an iris recognition and eye-tracking system, and can detect the lesion part and locate the best spot to inject, said Bradley J. Nelson, chief technology officer of the project and professor with the Swiss university ETH Zurich.

So far, Liu's company has worked with robotics R&D institutions in countries including Sweden, Switzerland, the U.K., Japan, Germany and Italy and has filed 52 patent applications, among which 23 were filed overseas.

 

Many foreign robotics enterprises have invested and built factories or set up joint ventures in China, and Chinese companies are also looking for overseas partners and exploring the international market, said Xin Guobin, China's vice minister of industry and information technology, at a forum during the conference.

 

Alois C. Knoll, a professor from the Technical University of Munich, said on the sidelines of the WRC that he hoped to see more R&D collaboration between China and other countries as well as further industrial cooperation between Chinese and foreign robotics companies.