Robotics ToB scaling accelerates, but data shortcomings remain the core bottleneck

From autonomous decision-making in warehouse packing and unpacking, to smooth conveyor sorting at car factories, to the removal of protective soft sleeves on engineering bolts, and then to shelf recognition and precise medication packaging in pharmacy settings… Recently, robots are accelerating their penetration into the ToB (business-to-business) sector and gradually becoming the core force driving industry growth. However, industry insiders point out that the general-purpose ability of robots is the key to achieving large-scale commercial implementation. Currently, the computing power and algorithms of large models have become increasingly mature, but the core bottleneck that truly restricts robots’ scene generalization ability remains the data shortfall. In response, the industry hopes that policies can provide strong support from multiple dimensions, including opening application scenarios, subsidizing data development, reducing enterprise deployment risks, and facilitating market access, to help robots enter real production and life scenes more quickly. (Economic Information Daily)