Catch-up plans underway as the robot era arrives

From loading goods in a warehouse to automatic assembly and painting on a production line, robots have got it covered. This is not a fictional scene but reality at a digital factory in Siasun Robot & Automation Co Ltd.

The company in Shenyang, the capital of Northeast China's Liaoning province, evolved from a research institute and has developed hundreds of patents since it was founded in 2000.

With more than 80 percent of its product lineup based on proprietary innovation, the firm has grown into China's largest listed company in the robotics industry by production scale, according to Xinhua News Agency.