At the ninth Digital China Summit in Fuzhou, Fujian Province in southeast China, an impressive array of multi-functional robot assistants took center stage, covering a wide range of everyday and industrial scenarios.

The summit, which opened on Wednesday and opened to the public on Friday, showcased more than six thousand technologies, products and application projects, among which assistant robots were among the most exciting exhibits.

Replacing human volunteers and performers, domestically developed robots capable of creating full scenes can now greet and accompany guests, dance and even write calligraphy. Thanks to rapidly advancing embodied intelligence, these machines are leaping from the laboratory into reality.

Exhibitor Li Xu said: "From the basic model architecture to multi-level perception fusion, motion control algorithms and reinforcement learning — all these technological building blocks come together to form our full-function technical framework."

Beyond humanoid robots, robot dogs are becoming ideal nannies and guide dogs. At the exhibition, an intelligent robotic dog, after being petted by a child, reacted almost like a real pet — barking, playfully crouching and showing affection. Using voice commands, it could also perform backflips.

Exhibitor Xing Xijia said: "Focusing on home care for the elderly and children, we have deployed a special large intelligent model in the cloud and added tactile sensing technologies such as an electronic suit. It can also serve as a guide dog."

Beyond daily life, robots are also rapidly being adopted in the industrial sector. On the exhibition floor, robot "employees" had been pre-trained to precisely execute a complete sequence of tasks on a simulated production line — from material collection and manufacturing to transportation.

Exhibitor Fan Jian said: "After collecting data, we combine it with our initial manual demonstration data to form a complete dataset, which is then fed into the model for training."

Some participating companies also demonstrated the training process for embodied intelligence robots to perform non-standard production tasks — from sorting various industrial parts to packaging.

Exhibitor Lai Jianqiang said: "In sectors such as automotive manufacturing, 3C electronics and the food industry, there is huge demand for embodied intelligence robots. This year, we are seeing at least a 30 percent increase in robot orders compared to last year."