Xin Lang Cai Jing·2025-12-10 06:57Group 1 - The 2025 China Entrepreneur Influence Entrepreneur Annual Conference is held in Beijing from December 5 to 7, with the theme "Emergence·Infinity - Co-creating New Forms of Intelligent Business" [1][5] - The founder and CEO of Mechaman, Shao Tianlan, attended and delivered a speech at the conference [1][5] Group 2 - The robotics industry is described as very small, with total industrial robot sales reaching 500,000 units last year, and the combined revenue of all component manufacturers, robot body companies, and solution system integrators being less than two-thirds of Midea Group's revenue [3][7] - The demand for robots is not the issue; rather, the challenge lies in the fact that robots are not standalone products but projects that require extensive customization and engineering support [3][7] - Shao Tianlan emphasizes the need to adapt environments to suit robots instead of forcing robots to adapt to existing environments, which presents a significant bottleneck [3][7] - The economic feasibility of deploying numerous customized engineers is questioned, highlighting the importance of generalization in robotics to reduce costs and facilitate project implementation [3][7] - An analogy is made comparing the cost of mass-produced items versus customized products, illustrating that the robotics industry faces similar challenges in terms of cost and customization [3][7] - It is noted that theoretically, robots can perform many tasks, but due to extensive customization, 99.5% of their capabilities remain untapped, with current demand in large manufacturing being 100 times the existing robot supply [3][7]