On July 17, ROKAE Robotics (3752.HK) successfully held the 4th Global Partners Conference in Beijing. Under the theme of “Full-Stack Empowerment · Embodied Intelligence Collaboration,” the conference brought together more than 1,000 industry experts, researchers, and ecosystem partners from around the world in embodied intelligence and robotics to discuss technological evolution trends and pathways toward large-scale industrial implementation in the Physical AI era.
At the conference, ROKAE unveiled a number of groundbreaking innovations, comprehensively demonstrating its full-stack technological capabilities covering embodied intelligent robotic platform, core components, control systems and an open ecosystem. Meanwhile, three parallel forums focusing on embodied intelligence, intelligent welding, and general industrial intelligent manufacturing, as well as the 2nd Supplier Conference, were held. Three immersive experience zones were also created, featuring more than 20 technical presentations, over 15 cutting-edge application demonstrations, and in-depth industry exchanges. Together with global partners, ROKAE explored the future of embodied intelligent manufacturing and advanced the transition of Physical AI from technological exploration to large-scale industrial applications.
Charting the Future Trajectory of the Physical AI Industry and Advancing a Platform-Based Strategic Transformation
As ROKAE’s first Global Partners Conference following its listing on the capital market, this event was not only an industry gathering, but also a milestone marking ROKAE’s strategic upgrade for the Physical AI era.
At the conference, ROKAE Founder and CEO Tuo Hua delivered a keynote speech titled “Moving Forward Together in the Era of Physical AI,” systematically outlining ROKAE’s future strategy around robotics industry trends, technological transformation in the Physical AI era, and ecosystem development.
Tuo Hua stated that over the past decades, robots, as core infrastructure for intelligent manufacturing, have greatly accelerated industrial automation. Today, with the continuous integration of artificial intelligence, large models, perception technologies, and robotics, robots are evolving from automated equipment into intelligent systems with perception, cognition, and autonomous execution capabilities. In the future, competition in the robotics industry will no longer be limited to individual product performance, but will become a comprehensive competition based on underlying technologies, core components, motion control, intelligent software platforms, and industrial ecosystems.
Based on eleven years of continuous accumulation in robot motion control, force control technologies, robotic platform, and intelligent applications, ROKAE is accelerating its transformation into a platform-based robotics company. At this conference, ROKAE further defined its positioning as a “core builder of Physical AI infrastructure,” dedicated to providing the robotics industry with infrastructure that supports the continuous evolution of intelligent robots through full-stack technological capabilities.
Tuo Hua emphasized that ROKAE will leverage the ROKAE+ ecosystem to provide more open technological empowerment and closer industry collaboration, working deeply with global partners to build a vibrant “rainforest” ecosystem and accelerate the adoption of robots across industries.
Multiple Innovative Products Unveiled to Strengthen Physical AI Infrastructure
Focusing on its platform-based strategy, ROKAE continues to improve its product portfolio covering robotic platform, core components, control systems, and an open ecosystem. At this conference, ROKAE launched multiple innovative products, showcasing its comprehensive roadmap for the Physical AI era.
In the field of embodied intelligence, ROKAE released its full range of humanoid force-controlled arms, full range of force-controlled joint modules, wheeled humanoid robots, and the All-in-One open control system iNexus, providing embodied intelligence developers and industry partners with a “ready-to-use” full-stack robotics development platform.
The ROKAE AR Series humanoid force-controlled arms have established a complete product portfolio covering payloads from 3kg to 20kg. Each joint integrates high-precision torque sensors and advanced force sensing and control technologies, enabling more precise, sensitive, and safe human-robot interaction. With a lightweight design, industrial-grade performance, and an open interface ecosystem, the AR Series can be widely applied in handling, assembly, sorting, and inspection scenarios across industries including 3C electronics, automotive, and new energy.
As a core power component for robots, the HSA Series integrated force-controlled joints feature high torque density, high-precision force sensing, and exceptional lightweight design. The series has established a standardized product portfolio to address diverse application requirements, supporting various robotic platforms including wheeled robots and humanoid robots, while providing partners with high-performance power solutions.
Meanwhile, ROKAE unveiled the iNexus control system designed for wheeled dual-arm robots and embodied intelligence applications. Through high-performance real-time motion control capabilities, an open interface architecture, and software ecosystem support, iNexus provides advanced embodied intelligence “cerebellum” infrastructure for the industry.
In the embodied intelligence “brain” layer, ROKAE continues to explore advanced AI capabilities. Its ROKAE Brain embodied intelligence model platform is built on a multimodal world model architecture and adopts a hierarchical deployment framework integrating fast and slow intelligence models. Its domain-specific skill models have already been deployed in precision assembly applications for 3C electronics and new energy vehicle lithium battery manufacturing, enabling robots to evolve from executing predefined tasks toward understanding their environments and completing tasks autonomously.
In industrial robotics, ROKAE officially launched the NB300 and NB220 twin-star large-payload industrial robot series. Covering payloads from 150kg to 300kg, the series feature high rigidity, high stability, and enhanced protection capabilities, and can be widely applied in complex industrial scenarios such as spot welding, handling, grinding, and gluing in automotive manufacturing, new energy, metal processing, and other industries.
In the field of flexible cobots, ROKAE introduced the new-generation ZR Series and CR5 flexible collaborative robot. Built on HSA force-controlled joints, the ZR Series feature an all-new overall structural design, while the CR5 combines a compact payload configuration with an extended reach. Both inherit ROKAE’s core advantages of full-joint force control, flexible deployment, high speed, high precision, safety, and reliability, meeting flexible manufacturing needs including welding, assembly, handling, and inspection.
At the conference, three immersive exhibition zones were carefully designed to showcase more than 15 industry-leading application solutions.
• Frontier Embodied Intelligence Showcase: Featuring force-controlled dual-arm insertion and extraction demonstrations, teleoperation-based data collection demonstrations, a showcase of the full range of HSA integrated force-controlled joints, and an engaging AI-powered lacquer fan co-creation experience with the Helios wheeled dual-arm robot.
• Intelligent Manufacturing Solutions: Showcasing practical industrial application solutions addressing real-world manufacturing challenges, including force-controlled assembly, laser cutting, laser welding, guide-free robotic arc welding, and 35 kg large-payload mobile manipulators.
Co-Creating an Open Collaborative Ecosystem to Accelerate Industrial Deployment
The long-term development of Physical AI requires an open and collaborative industrial ecosystem built through collective efforts. During the conference, ROKAE held a strategic signing ceremony and signed cooperation agreements with nine embodied intelligence ecosystem partners. The two sides will collaborate closely on technology innovation, product collaboration, application exploration, and ecosystem development to accelerate the development of the embodied intelligence industry.
In addition, three parallel forums on embodied intelligence, intelligent welding, and general industrial manufacturing were held alongside the conference, bringing together industry leaders for in-depth discussions.
• Frontier Embodied Intelligence Technology and Industry Ecosystem Forum: Key players across humanoid robot platforms, AI foundation models, chips, and dexterous hand sectors gathered to explore practical pathways for embodied intelligence to transition from technical validation to large-scale deployment, focusing on key topics including foundation models, robot hardware, real-world applications, and industry ecosystems.
• Intelligent Welding Technology and Application Forum: Industry representatives from across the value chain gathered to discuss cutting-edge advances in intelligent welding technologies and industrial practices in shipbuilding, marine engineering, steel structures, and construction machinery. The forum also explored key industry challenges related to collaborative welding and guide-free technologies, as well as the commercialization prospects of AI-enabled embodied intelligence welding.
• General Industrial Intelligent Manufacturing Forum: Experts and industry partners from the manufacturing sector shared innovative robotic applications in automotive, new energy, and general industries, exploring new pathways for AI-enabled intelligent manufacturing development while addressing challenges in applications such as grinding, assembly, laser cutting, and laser welding.
Meanwhile, the 2nd ROKAE Supplier Conference was held alongside the conference. ROKAE further deepened collaboration with supply chain partners to build a resilient and sustainable supply chain ecosystem and jointly shape a new win-win future in the Physical AI era.
Looking ahead, ROKAE will remain committed to full-stack in-house R&D and open collaboration. Leveraging its platform-based technology capabilities and ecosystem collaboration advantages, ROKAE will collaborate with global partners to build an open and mutually beneficial industrial ecosystem, accelerate the widespread adoption of robots across diverse industries, and open a new chapter in the Physical AI era.
