2025 World Robot Conference features humanoid robots' application in life scenarios

The ongoing 2025 World Robot Conference in Beijing has featured humanoid robots' application in life scenarios, with a large number of visitors fascinated by the various functions and performances of the robots on display, particularly Chinese-developed robots.

Running from Friday to Tuesday in the Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area, also known as Beijing E-Town, the 2025 edition of the conference, under the theme of "Making Robots Smarter, Making Embodied Agents More Intelligent", showcases over 1,500 exhibits from more than 200 leading robotics companies from around the world.

Visitors say they can feel the rapid development of China's robot sector, which is full of imaginations and practical applications.

"I think the event can broaden our vision. China's technology is advancing, and there are so many robots that really open our minds. There's so much unimaginable potential for development," said a visitor.

"I've just taken my kid with me to make a visit here and to experience or feel the type of industrial and medical robots that interest us," said another visitor.

"I'm quite interested. I would like to see to what extent robots have developed," said another visitor.

Meanwhile, a robot on display that can make different snacks by orders placed to it through just a click has also aroused the interest of many visitors.

"I used to think robots were out of reach, but now they are becoming increasingly accessible to ordinary people, getting closer to our daily life. Therefore, I'm particularly interested in the event," said a visitor.

"On the premise that we already have a well-established service landscape and client base, we'll initially focus on one or several types of robots to make them excellent on a particular job, for example, clearing tables, or frying chips and making burgers in the kitchen. After we make a type of robots excellent on one particular job, I think the many types of robots developed can become excellent on many different jobs. Then, in future, one single robot can be excellent on all the jobs concerned," said Chen Qian, marketing director of Keenon Robotics, a Shanghai-headquartered company founded in 2010.

2025 World Robot Conference features humanoid robots' application in life scenarios

2025 World Robot Conference features humanoid robots' application in life scenarios

2025 World Robot Conference features humanoid robots' application in life scenarios

With China assuming the rotating presidency on Friday, the United Nations Security Council will focus its work in May on revitalizing the authority of the UN Charter and the role of the United Nations, while advancing the political settlement of the Middle East issue, and promoting the stability and development of African countries.

Briefing reporters on the Security Council's priorities for May, Fu Cong, China's permanent representative to the United Nations and president of the Security Council for May, made the statement on Friday.

In recent years, the world has been witnessing growing turbulence in the international landscape, with conflicts increasing, divisions widening, and the multilateral system, along with international law, under considerable strain, he said, urging the international community to take urgent actions to uphold the authority of the UN Charter and strengthen the role of the United Nations to prevent the world from "relapsing into the jungle" and "to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war".

In this context, Fu said, the Security Council will convene a high-level open debate in May under the theme of upholding the purposes and the principles of the UN Charter and strengthening the UN-centered international system.

Security Council to focus on UN's role, Middle East, Africa in May: Chinese envoy