The WorldForum on Robot 2019 (WFR2019) will be held in Beijing from August 21 to 23,2019.The theme of the conference is "new era of intelligent new ecologicaldevelopment". The world robot expo and the world robot competition will beheld at the same time.

The forum forpractitioners and developers attracts professionals from Germany, Italy,Canada, China, Korea, Russia, the United States, Switzerland, Japan and othercountries.They can discuss the latest technology in production, market andindustry prospects, and challenges facing the industry.

The highlightof the event was the robotics expo, which featured more than 700 exhibits,ranging from toy robots and humanoid robots to industrial robotic arms andartificial intelligence exoskeletons.

Theexhibition area of the expo is about 52,000 square meters, which is dividedinto four exhibition areas according to the application fields of robots:industry, service, logistics and special.

China's greedisplayed its new industrial robot.A representative of the company told TASSthat heavy machinery such as welders, pneumatic arms and hydraulic arms was nolonger new to the audience, so gree decided to emphasize their versatility.

To that end,it arranged a "band" of industrial robots at the booth, which hasbecome the company's calling card: robotic arms expertly played Chinese andforeign music on drums, xylophones, pianos, bass guitars and otherinstruments.Another celebrity at the booth was a robot barista, who used anearby coffee machine to serve hot drinks to anyone who wanted them.Visitorscan pose with the robots, dance with them, and even dare to compete with them:in one booth, volunteers can play weiqi with artificial intelligence.Variousrobots are also on display: minesweeper robots, patrol robots, surgical robots,fish-shaped robots, bird-shaped robots, dancing robots, storage robots, robotwaiters, robot bartenders, robot packers, robot cleaners, robot teachers and soon.