The “14th Five-Year Plan” for the development of the robotics industry proposes that by 2025, China aims to become a global source of innovation in robot technology, a hub for high-end manufacturing, and a new high ground for integrated applications. To explore a number of cutting-edge, demonstrative, and practical core application scenarios and solutions for medical robots, the semi-finals of the 7th Science and Technology Innovation Competition (Robot Medical Application Scenarios), guided by the Beijing Municipal Health Commission and hosted by the Beijing Hospital Management Center, were recently held in Beijing. Nearly a hundred participating teams showcased the applications of medical robots and general-purpose robots in clinical diagnosis and hospital operations, with ten innovative projects and application scenarios making it to the finals.
At the competition site, the applications of robots in rehabilitation, surgery, and chronic disease care were particularly impressive; intelligent patient accompaniment, medication dispensing, and traditional Chinese medicine therapy prototypes each demonstrated their capabilities… The competition, with rounds of intense challenges and waves of applause, repeatedly elevated the atmosphere to its peak.
The event organizer from the Beijing Hospital Management Center stated that the core purpose of the competition is to promote application popularization through scenario promotion. This is specifically advanced through a “four-step work method”: demand connection analysis—product trial iteration—solution formation—scale application promotion. There are three key principles for scenario selection: clear demand pain points, feasible solutions, and a high degree of match between robots and application scenarios. The organizer particularly emphasized that this competition is not merely about evaluating the technical superiority of robots, but aims to identify the rationality and maturity of key application scenarios, thereby guiding the future research and development direction of the industry and providing better health services for the public.
Representatives from the participating teams report on robot application scenarios. (Photo provided by the organizer)
It is reported that after extensive solicitation, a total of 92 innovative projects from central and municipal hospitals in Beijing made it to the semi-finals. The semi-final stage is divided into two main tracks: medical robots and general-purpose robots, further subdivided into more than ten different application scenario competition units. After the competition, the final ten robot medical application scenario projects that made it to the finals include: “Research on the Application of Embodied Intelligent Robots Based on Multimodal Large Models in the Ward Scene of Cerebrovascular Diseases,” “Integrated Smart Pharmacy Robot for Outpatient Services,” “Intelligent Brain-to-Brain Doctor,” “Medical Imaging Storage, Transmission, and Surgical Video Intelligent Collection Robot System,” “Research and Application of Flexible Sensor Devices for Precise Implantation in Bionic Surgical Robots,” “AI Panoramic Reconstruction and Autonomous Navigation Capsule Diagnosis and Treatment Robot,” “Intelligent Fracture Reduction Robot System for Pelvic, Long Bone Fractures, Femoral Neck Fractures, and Osteotomy around the Knee Joint,” “Single-Port Robot Integrated Multi-Degree-of-Freedom Ultrasonic Knife for Extended Applications in Tumor Resection (Taking Bladder Tumor as an Example),” “Spinal Health Without Boundaries: Gait Reconstruction Closed-Loop Plan from Hospital to Home,” and “Research and Development of Robot for Prostate Biopsy and Focal Ablation Surgery.”
Source: People’s Health Client