At the recently concluded 2025 World Robotics Conference, a Yuliqi robot from Mianyang skillfully moved its arms to cook noodles, scoop soup, add ingredients, and season, producing a steaming bowl of authentic Mianyang rice noodles in no time.
At almost the same time, in a nursing home in Chengdu, the smoothly designed “Mianyang-made” humanoid robot “Kua Fu-MY” was gently guiding the elderly in stretching exercises and practicing Tai Chi with precise movements.
From serving at the conference to providing warm companionship in nursing homes, Mianyang robots have transitioned from being “fun and visually appealing” to “practical and user-friendly,” frequently making their mark in various fields. This is backed by Mianyang’s early planning and steady progress, accelerating the transition of its robotics industry into a model for human-robot collaboration.
SeeWideRangeof Robotics Applications Blooming
Recently, in the operating room of Mianyang Orthopedic Hospital, an orthopedic surgical robot successfully performed a total knee arthroplasty for a patient with knee osteoarthritis. The next day, the patient was able to walk with the guidance of doctors, providing better medical options for patients with joint diseases in the northwest region of Sichuan.
The hospital’s deputy director and chief surgeon, Zou Hong, explained that the core advantages of robot-assisted surgery lie in “precision” and “personalization,” which can reduce tissue trauma, minimize surgical incisions, decrease blood loss, and achieve a joint force line reconstruction closer to the patient’s physiological state.
Beyond medical scenarios, the visibility of Mianyang’s robotics industry continues to rise, with more robots transforming from cold machines into driving forces for a better urban life—
◎On the manufacturing front, the A2-W general-purpose embodied robot completed the world’s first robot “factory operation live broadcast,” achieving the transport of a 15-kilogram box in 14 seconds with 3 hours of error-free operation;
◎During a national-level earthquake rescue drill, the 3.0 version of the emergency rescue quadruped robot from Wubai Robotics demonstrated all-terrain mobility and infrared life detection, replacing humans in dangerous situations;
◎Entering the office building, the cleaning robot is skillfully navigating the workspace, autonomously avoiding obstacles, dynamically scheduling, automatically refilling clean water, and discharging waste, steadily completing its cleaning tasks…
Wubai Robotics climbing through simulated ruins, using infrared to detect vital signs..
Behind the expanding application scenarios is the robust development of Mianyang’s robotics industry chain. Mianyang is leading the way by creating benchmark demonstration scenarios, releasing 9 batches of 76 artificial intelligence application scenario lists, facilitating the implementation of over 50 scenarios such as police robotic dogs and robotic civil persuaders, with two cases like “high-precision product intelligent visual inspection solutions” selected as typical applications of AI empowering new industrialization by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and successfully approved as a national pilot for “autonomous driving in urban travel and logistics services”.
With rapid technological advancements, the robotics industry is accelerating its push for “intelligence.” “We need to focus on key technological breakthroughs and open scenarios while continuously strengthening policy and financial support,” said a relevant official from the Municipal Science and Technology Bureau, indicating that they will effectively utilize the upcoming “Several Policy Measures to Support the Breakthrough Development of Characteristic Industries in Mianyang” to enhance connections between production and supply, technology, finance, and application scenarios, promoting prototype testing, pilot verification, iterative upgrades, and demonstration applications for robots.
The coffee robot can grind, froth, and add ice with ease.
In-depthLeap in the Full Chain of Robotics Industry
From a single case, we can glimpse Mianyang’s focus in the robotics industry: at the Fulin Precision Industry Bionic Robot Intelligent Electric Joint Pilot Center, the latest developed robotic electric joint products can be applied to humanoid robot joints such as head, shoulder, elbow, wrist, and waist, and can also be used in robotic dogs.
Joints are considered the “soul of movement” for humanoid robots, directly determining their agility and precision. “Currently, most domestic robotic electric joint R&D companies are still in the early stages and have not achieved true large-scale production,” said Liu Jian, strategic planning manager of Fulin Precision Development Management Department, indicating that they will continue to increase R&D and production investment, striving to achieve a single-arm load breakthrough of 10 kilograms or even 20 kilograms as soon as possible.
As a major hub for the artificial intelligence industry chain in Sichuan Province, Mianyang has explicitly listed the robotics industry as one of the seven new tracks in the “587” industrial system, adhering to a “chain thinking” approach, continuously strengthening the robotics industry’s supply chain, and systematically deploying efforts to tackle core technological challenges, launching application support policies targeting cutting-edge industry fields and key links, and facilitating collaboration between industry, academia, research, and application.
The Fulin Precision embodied robot can handle loading and unloading tasks with ease.
The deep integration of the innovation chain and the industry chain has significantly enhanced the resilience of the entire chain through breakthroughs at various points—
On one hand:Mianyang has compiled and issued the “Artificial Intelligence Industry Development Plan,” establishing a panoramic view of the industry and a robotics industry map, accelerating the cultivation of leading enterprises like Tianlian, attracting key upstream supporting enterprises to settle, forming a complete closed loop from core components, complete machine manufacturing, system integration to diversified application scenarios.
On the other hand:Mianyang is accelerating the construction of an embodied intelligent robot training ground, innovatively creating one innovation center, two centralized training bases, and multiple diversified frontline application scenarios according to the “1+2+N” model, accelerating the transition of robotic products from technical verification to practical application.
The boundaries of application scenarios are continuously expanding, and the Mianyang robotics industry chain is accelerating its “evolution.” From core components and complete machine manufacturing to system integration and application scenarios, Mianyang has built a complete and superior ecological chain for the robotics industry. The total output value of 79 robotics companies in the city has exceeded 2.5 billion yuan in 2024, and this year it is expected to reach the 3 billion yuan mark.
Source: Fujiang Observation