The 2017 World Robot Conference (WRC 2017) opened in Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area (E-town) on Aug 23.

The five-day conference, themed around Win-Win Collaborative Innovation toward the Building of an Intelligent Society, will run until Aug 27.

Cutting-edge products produced by some 140 domestic and foreign companies including KUKA and JD.com will be shown in an exhibition covering an area of 50,000 square meters.