The 2025 World Robot Conference in Beijing unveiled 10 future trends for embodied intelligent robots, highlighting cognition, decision-making, safety, and human-robot collaboration.
BEIJING: The 2025 World Robot Conference (WRC) has spotlighted the next wave of advancements in embodied intelligent robots, unveiling 10 emerging trends that will shape the field. The announcement, made by Qiao Hong, President of the World Robot Cooperation Organisation (WRCO), came during the opening ceremony of the five-day event in the Chinese capital.
The report emphasises that embodied intelligent robots will increasingly benefit from the combination of physical practice, advanced simulators, and world models, driving breakthroughs in embodied cognition. It also highlights how multimodal large models are enhancing robots’ decision-making capabilities.
Key focus areas include embodied intelligent control, AI-powered robot design, improved software-hardware integration, advanced robot manufacturing, and the creation of large-scale, high-quality datasets. The study further addresses the rise of robot swarms, human-robot collaboration, and the importance of developing open interdisciplinary communities.
Safety and ethics remain central themes, with the WRCO stressing the need for robust safety assessment frameworks and responsible innovation. The WRC, co-hosted by the Chinese Institute of Electronics and WRCO, is hosting forums, exhibitions, competitions, and networking sessions, with more than 200 robotics companies from around the world showcasing their latest breakthroughs in embodied intelligent robots.
