The 2025 World Robot Conference will kick off on the 8th in Beijing, and the world's first 4S store centered on embodied intelligent robots will be unveiled at the same time. The store features over 100 types of robot products, including those for medical, elderly care, and companion purposes.
According to the Central News Agency, the 2025 World Robot Conference will be held from August 8th to 12th at the Beiren Yichuang International Convention and Exhibition Center in the Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area (Beijing Yizhuang). On the 6th, the Beijing Municipal Government Information Office organized a media tour, inviting journalists to visit the world's first 4S store focused on embodied intelligent robots.
A 4S store refers to a business that provides Sales, Spare parts, Service, and Survey (feedback/information).
In addition to displaying chess-playing robots, ultra-realistic companion humanoid robots, and transport robots, the store also features an exhibition area for elderly care applications. According to the “2024 National Economy and Social Development Statistical Bulletin” released by China's National Bureau of Statistics this year, there were a total of 10.11 billion clinical visits in 2024, highlighting the vital importance of medical care and nursing for people's livelihoods.
In the elderly care application area, robots on display include those assisting patients with leg injuries in rehabilitation training, pharmacy sorting robots, dental implant robots, and AI orthopedic surgical robots.
Among them, the AI orthopedic surgical robot primarily performs knee and hip joint replacement surgeries. The robot can generate a personalized surgical plan within 5 to 10 minutes and precisely cut and polish the damaged area, accurately controlling cutting size, angle, and more.
According to a guide, such surgeries typically take a human doctor 3 to 4 hours, but the robot can complete them within 1 hour. Thanks to precise calculations, the fit between the bone joints and implants is greatly improved, potentially accelerating the patient's recovery. According to the guide information, this technology is currently in use in over 1,000 hospitals across more than 30 Chinese provinces, including Beijing Jishuitan Hospital and the Fourth Medical Center of the PLA General Hospital.
Ma Ning, Deputy Director of the Robot and Intelligent Manufacturing Industry Bureau of the Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area, stated that while many industrial robots are entering factories now, there are still some areas that need government promotion, such as elderly care scenarios. Therefore, in the second half or by the end of this year, Yizhuang will begin constructing an elderly care community and will promote another batch of robots for community applications.
The 4S store currently displays over 100 robot-related products from more than 40 companies, with prices ranging from several hundred to several million yuan. Wang Yifan, Deputy General Manager of Beijing Yizhuang Robot Technology Industry Development Co., Ltd. and head of the Embodied Intelligent Robot 4S store, said that prices in the store are the same as those listed on the companies' official websites, but the store still has its advantages, such as a unique display space and the ability to provide secondary development tailored to customer needs.
The 2025 World Robot Conference is hosted by the China Institute of Electronics and the World Robot Cooperation Organization. According to Kechuangban Daily, NVIDIA, the American AI chip giant, will deliver a keynote speech at the conference and, together with partners such as Gaia General, Unitree, and Zhongjian Technology, will showcase their advances in physical AI and general-purpose robots.