Fuyao Glass, a major automotive glass supplier, is leveraging a new 90% automated plant in Anhui, China, as a blueprint for future production, integrating robotics and AI to enhance productivity and maintain its global market leadership.
Fuyao Glass Industry Group's new smart factory in Anhui, China, features 90% automation with robotics and AI, serving as a model for future plants and reinforcing its position as a key global auto glass supplier.
China's State Grid Corporation plans to invest $1 billion (6.8 billion yuan) to deploy approximately 8,500 robots across the national power grid by 2026. The fleet includes quadruped robot dogs for terrain patrol, wheeled robots with robotic arms for precision maintenance, and experimental humanoid robots. Developed by domestic companies including Unitree Robotics, Deep Robotics and UBTech Robotics, these machines will assist with inspection and fault detection using thermal imaging and sensors in hazardous or remote locations.
