Training robot technology talents

According to the “China Robot Industry Development Report” 2, the value of China’s robot market will reach 17.4 billion US dollars in 2022, with a five-year annual growth rate of 22%. Among them, the industrial robot market is worth $8.7 billion, the service robot market is worth $6.5 billion, and the professional service robot market is worth $2.2 billion.

Benmo Technology is a company located in Dongguan, committed to providing direct drive precision power solutions without reducers, this exhibition showed its self-developed and self-produced wheel foot robot. As a graduate of XbotPark Incubation Project, the products of Benmu Technology mainly serve the domestic robot, industrial/commercial robot, fitness industry and other fields, providing customers with a complete set of solutions from demand customization, program design, commissioning and maintenance. Zhenhua Yin, Director of Robotics at Benmo Technology, said: “Arrow Electronics, as a global technology company, provides us with the ecosystem resources to help our robot drive systems and efficient power solutions reach a broader market and fully realize our growth potential.”

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Since 2021, Arrow Electronics has launched a joint incubation training programme with the Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks, and so far Arrow’s engineering team has provided free robotics and artificial intelligence technology training to more than 400 engineers who have participated in the programme. Benmu’s wheeled robot has become one of the open platform tools for the training program.

Hengzhifuture, a consumer robot developer and incubator of the XbotPark incubation project, brought the latest consumer pet robots to the exhibition, showing the attendees more possibilities for the development of intelligent robots.

Peiheng Song, founder and CTO of Hengzhi Future, said: “As we continue to strengthen our robotics product offering and scale our business, we look forward to gaining access to Ari’s comprehensive portfolio of advanced electronic components, design engineering resources and go-to-market support.”

As the first electronic hardware laboratory in XbotPark, Arrow Electronics Open Lab covers a total area of 1,200 square meters, with engineering equipment, test modules and open collaboration areas to effectively help local and international innovation companies design, develop and test their products and solutions.

“In today’s competitive and fast-moving market environment, cross-disciplinary cooperation and technology integration are key to promoting continued innovation and sustainable development,” said Victor Chiang, President, Components Business, Arrow Electronics Asia Pacific. From competing research and product development needs to constantly iterating product features to the ever-changing supply chain environment, technology companies and startups have always faced a variety of challenges. “As a trusted technology partner, we can guide and help them realize their ideas by providing a global network of resources, industry insight and market influence to turn their imagination into creative new products.”