9th China Robotop Summit kicks off in Hangzhou

A robot is seen during the 9th China Robotop Summit in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Sept. 17, 2026.

This summit kicked off at Hangzhou Future Sci-Tech City here on Thursday.

Themed "Smart Connectivity for a New Ecosystem, Empowering All Scenarios: The Intelligent and Qualitative Transformation in the 'Robot+' Era," the event served as a premier platform for academic exchange, industrial matchmaking, and exhibition within the robotics sector.

The summit featured five major exhibition zones: humanoid robots and embodied intelligence, industrial robots, service and special-purpose robots, medical robots, and the robotics industry chain. (Xinhua/Xu Yu)