Medical robots refer to automated devices used in medical diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation, and nursing.
In recent years, benefiting from policy support, the demand for rehabilitation driven by an aging population, and the trend towards precision surgery, the medical robot industry in China is experiencing rapid development. With continuous technological advancements and the expansion of application scenarios, medical robots will play an increasingly important role in the future of healthcare.
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Industry Chain Overview
◉ Upstream: Supply of raw materials and components, including raw materials such as plastics, metals, composite materials, and nanomaterials, with core components including sensors, servo motors, reducers, and controllers;
◉ Midstream: Manufacturing of robots and system integration, mainly divided into surgical robots, rehabilitation robots, assistive robots, and medical service robots;
◉ Downstream: Application scenarios, covering various aspects such as surgery, rehabilitation, nursing, assistance, logistics, and telemedicine.
丨Source: Organized by the China Business Industry Research Institute
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Upstream Analysis of the Industry Chain
1. Sensors
Sensors are used to perceive the surrounding environment and the state of the medical robot, such as information on position, speed, force, etc., and are an important foundation for achieving robot intelligence and automation.
丨Data Source: Organized by the China Business Industry Research Institute
2. Servo Motors
Servo motors are the power source for medical robots, capable of precisely controlling the robot’s speed and position.
丨Data Source: Organized by the China Business Industry Research Institute
3. Reducers
Reducers are used to reduce the motor’s speed and increase torque, which is a key component for achieving precise motion control in medical robots.
丨Data Source: Organized by the China Business Industry Research Institute
4. Controllers
Controllers are the “brain and nerve center” of medical robots, responsible for receiving commands, parsing, and executing actions, controlling the robot’s motion trajectory and actions.
丨Data Source: Frost & Sullivan, Organized by the China Business Industry Research Institute
5. Key Enterprises in the Upstream
The upstream of the medical robot industry chain supplies raw materials and core components, with raw materials mainly including stainless steel, aluminum alloy, carbon fiber, etc., and core components mainly including sensors, servo motors, reducers, and controllers.
The key enterprises in various fields are shown in the figure below:
丨Source: Organized by the China Business Industry Research Institute
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Midstream Analysis of the Industry Chain
1. Market Size of Medical Robots in China
Benefiting from policy support, the demand for rehabilitation driven by an aging population, and the trend towards precision surgery, the medical robot industry in China is experiencing rapid development.
丨Data Source: Organized by the China Business Industry Research Institute
2. Market Size of Surgical Robots
As the field with the highest technical barriers, the market size of surgical robots in China continues to grow.
丨Data Source: Organized by the China Business Industry Research Institute
3. Market Size of Rehabilitation Robots
Driven by active national policies and growing social demand, the rehabilitation medical device industry has achieved rapid development, and the market size of rehabilitation robots continues to expand.
丨Data Source: Organized by the China Business Industry Research Institute
4. Investment and Financing Situation in the Medical Robot Industry
In recent years, the investment and financing market in the field of medical robots in China has remained active, attracting significant capital attention and investment.
2021 was a peak year for investment and financing activities in medical robots, with both the number and amount of investments reaching recent highs, totaling 60 investments amounting to 13.857 billion yuan. In 2024, the overall investment and financing scale and growth rate of the medical robot industry in China have slowed down, with 30 investments totaling 2.613 billion yuan.
丨Data Source: Qichacha, Organized by the China Business Industry Research Institute
5. Registration of Medical Robot Enterprises
The huge market potential and continuously growing market demand have attracted many enterprises to enter the medical robot industry.
丨Data Source: Qichacha, Organized by the China Business Industry Research Institute
6. Layout of Key Medical Robot Enterprises
Currently, domestic enterprises are gradually breaking the import monopoly, achieving technological breakthroughs in fields such as orthopedics, endoscopy, and neurosurgery, but high-end products still face competitive pressure from international giants (such as the Da Vinci surgical robot).
The following is the comprehensive competitiveness ranking of key enterprises in the Chinese medical robot industry for 2025:
丨Source: Organized by the China Business Industry Research Institute
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Downstream Analysis of the Industry Chain
1. Number of Healthcare Institutions
Medical robots are widely used in healthcare institutions at all levels, including hospitals and clinics. They can assist healthcare personnel in surgeries, nursing, rehabilitation, and patient transfer, reducing contact between staff, preventing cross-infection, and improving treatment efficiency.
丨Data Source: Organized by the China Business Industry Research Institute
2. Market Size of Smart Hospitals
Smart hospitals utilize various advanced technologies, including cloud computing, big data, the Internet of Things, mobile internet, and artificial intelligence to create an interconnected, perceptive, and intelligent medical service environment, including functions and services such as smart appointment registration, remote diagnosis, electronic medical record systems, intelligent diagnostic assistance, smart guiding robots, precision medicine, and medical big data analysis.
丨Data Source: Organized by the China Business Industry Research Institute
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