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China Robot Competition 2014 namely RoboCup Open Tournament just held in Hefei has attracted much robot attention. What market potential for development in Hefei do the intelligent robots have? In the morning on 14th, the reporter has understood from Hefei Strategic Emerging Industry Key Projects Promotion Symposium that the first batch of robots in Hefei will be off-line by the end of this year, and the robots will have a great opportunity of development.

Hefei Do Not Hesitate to Invest in the Intelligent Manufacturing Field
The intelligent manufacturing industry is big and popular. Under the background of industrial transformation, it is difficult to do traditional industry. So, where is the economic development growth point? Innovation is core strategy and core method. Why does Hefei develop quickly in recent years? It depends on innovation.
"Recently, I pay special attention to western developed countries’ big investment in emerging industries such as USA and Europe. Your competition is not domestic competition but international competition. And what advantages does China have? The biggest advantage of China is the market advantage. Someone is wiling to buy, and it is the advantage. "
"For example, the people in some places of Africa do not wear shoes, how do we make them wear shoes? How do we sell the shoes to them?" Wu Cunrong, Member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Committee and Secretary of Hefei Municipal Party, takes the classic example to remind us that artificial intelligence is big in Chinese market, and depends on how to develop?
Wu Cunrong analyzes that artificial intelligence is a disruptive technology. How do we do some innovations in market segmentation in combination with advantages in Hefei? Hefei must have a place, occupy a commanding height and must make some achievements. Each department at each level must never give up and dare to catch up from behind and realize "Corner Beyond".

Hefei Labor Post Needs Robot
"With large-scale industrial development, upgrading is the standard for industrial robots." Wu Cunrong says that abundant demands for catering service and productive workers providing the robots with the market potential.
What benefits do the industrial robots have? First of all, guaranteeing product quality, reducing cost and improving labor productivity is a necessary result of upgrading product competitiveness. The quality of more and more products is guaranteed by the robots, not by people. People are engaging in research and development.
"Service-based robots have good market prospect." Wu Cunrong expresses that with the income growth of the citizens, they may buy robots to open door and wear shoes for them at home in the future.

The First Batch of Robots Will Be Off-line by the End of This Year
Wu Cunrong mentions that he has ever seen the situation of the robots in Tokyo of Japan making Ramen in restaurant, and hopes that the present robot researchers and developers can use your minds to develop the service-based robots meeting the market demands.
"Actually, the service-based robot is simple, and similar to industrial robot. Its position is fixed, and it only needs showing a few movements regularly and then transmits. These movements can be completely realized by ‘KeJia’ of University of Science and Technology of China. The emphasis is whether you have the market awareness."
We have a gap with transnational corporation. We always think that the product can be listed after it is done very well. Actually, we shall start from the very earliest stages and upgradecontinuously.
Wu Cunrong hopes that Chen Xiaoping, Professor of University of Science and Technology of China, can turn the production-education-research alliance into an open alliance, we shall have highly specialized division, do synthesis with core technology, launch our products generation after generation, and must seize the market. By the end of this year, the first batch of robots will be off-line, and the service-based robots must lead up in China.

Secretary Reserves the Robot Restaurant
"When will your robot restaurant be opened? I will taste the first meal there." Wu Cunrong looks at Yuan Qihong, President of Goocoo Group. Yuan Qihong is sure that it will be opened by the end of this year. Wu Cunrong expresses that the robot restaurant must have market concept, and its outer decoration must be eye-catching.
At present, the service-based robots shall have the entertainment concept and integrate with the iFLYTEK phonetic technology to realize more voice and less movement. A robot who can speak Hefei dialect is very rich. The robots also shall have the technology grafting concept and overall integration thought.
"It’s my first time to eat the Ramen made by the robot in Tokyo of Japan a few years ago. The robot must be characteristic. It shall not be completely same with ‘Person’. Its hair can be changed, height may be low, or dressing color may be changed a little. In a word, the robot shall not be stiff, but have changes. " Wu Cunrong also gives some suggestions on the "Modeling" of the robot cook.