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China’s five-ton-payload robot debuts at Shanghai’s CIIF, but real-world performance is what counts

October 13

Industrial robots have traditionally competed on precision, speed and repeatability. But as the rated payload of a single robot exceeds five tons, a new set of technical challenges emerges: how to…

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