# East Asia Brief — Robotics & Automation: China

Industrial robots, precision components, factory automation and the labor economics driving adoption.

- [Chinese heavy machinery plants install automated ultrasonic gantries to verify welds](https://eastasiabrief.com/robotics/chinese-heavy-machinery-plants-install-automated-ultrasonic-gantries-ver-89) — Excavator and crane builders automate non-destructive thick-plate weld testing to satisfy European structural certification requirements for exported heavy… *(August 28, 2026; Robotics · China · BaoSe Co., Ltd., Hefei Metalforming Intelligent)*
- [Chinese precision reducer makers push into Southeast Asia to supply electronics assembly lines](https://eastasiabrief.com/robotics/chinese-precision-reducer-makers-push-southeast-asia-supply-electronics-70) — Chinese harmonic drive and precision gearbox producers are establishing plants in Thailand and Vietnam as domestic margin pressure accelerates exports to… *(August 28, 2026; Robotics · China · Ningbo Zhongda Leader Intelligent Transmission, Leader Harmonious Drive Systems, Zhejiang Sanling Intelligent Drive Group, Zhejiang Shuanghuan Driveline)*
- [China servo motor makers squeeze foreign rivals on cost and delivery](https://eastasiabrief.com/robotics/china-servo-motor-makers-squeeze-foreign-rivals-cost-delivery-47) — Domestic automation suppliers led by Inovance expand factory retrofit market share as shorter lead times and localized software win industrial machinery… *(August 28, 2026; Robotics · China · Shenzhen Inovance Technology, Yaskawa Electric, Mitsubishi Electric, Estun Automation, Leadshine Technology)*

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