The 8th World Robot Conference 2023
The 8th World Robot Conference 2023 (WRC 2023) will be held from August 17 to 20, 2023 in Beijing, China.
The WRC 2023 will be composed of the following three concurrent events:
The World Forum on Robot 2023
The World Robot Exhibition 2023
The World Robot Contest 2023
The WRC 2023 aims at promoting scientific and technological progress under the new industrial development trends in the world. It will be a good opportunity for participants to network with the international robotic community, to take advantage of international resources, to attract innovation resources, to use the platform for further international cooperation in the field of robotics and constructing long-term cooperation mechanisms.
A manufacture robot is pictured at the World Robot Conference 2023 in Beijing, capital of China, Aug. 16, 2023. The World Robot Conference 2023 opened here Wednesday, showcasing cutting-edge achievements and the latest robot industry exhibits. (Xinhua/Xu Jiayi)
This photo taken on Aug. 16, 2023 shows an exterior view of the venue of the World Robot Conference 2023 in Beijing, capital of China. The World Robot Conference 2023 opened here Wednesday, showcasing cutting-edge achievements and the latest robot industry exhibits. (Xinhua/Ren Chao)
An indoor delivery robot (R) and a smart courier vehicle are pictured at the World Robot Conference 2023 in Beijing, capital of China, Aug. 16, 2023. The World Robot Conference 2023 opened here Wednesday, showcasing cutting-edge achievements and the latest robot industry exhibits. (Xinhua/Ren Chao)
People visit the World Robot Conference 2023 in Beijing, capital of China, Aug. 16, 2023. The World Robot Conference 2023 opened here Wednesday, showcasing cutting-edge achievements and the latest robot industry exhibits. (Xinhua/Xu Jiayi)
Visitors try out a surgery robot at the World Robot Conference 2023 in Beijing, capital of China, Aug. 16, 2023. The World Robot Conference 2023 opened here Wednesday, showcasing cutting-edge achievements and the latest robot industry exhibits. (Xinhua/Xu Jiayi)
Humanoid robots perform at the World Robot Conference 2023 in Beijing, capital of China, Aug. 16, 2023. The World Robot Conference 2023 opened here Wednesday, showcasing cutting-edge achievements and the latest robot industry exhibits. (Xinhua/Wang Yuguo)
This photo taken on Aug. 16, 2023 shows an exterior view of the venue of the World Robot Conference 2023 in Beijing, capital of China. The World Robot Conference 2023 opened here Wednesday, showcasing cutting-edge achievements and the latest robot industry exhibits. (Xinhua/Peng Ziyang)
A smart robot plays table tennis at the World Robot Conference 2023 in Beijing, capital of China, Aug. 16, 2023. The World Robot Conference 2023 opened here Wednesday, showcasing cutting-edge achievements and the latest robot industry exhibits. (Xinhua/Ren Chao)
Welding robots are pictured at the World Robot Conference 2023 in Beijing, capital of China, Aug. 16, 2023. The World Robot Conference 2023 opened here Wednesday, showcasing cutting-edge achievements and the latest robot industry exhibits. (Xinhua/Ren Chao)
A working face patrol robot is pictured at the World Robot Conference 2023 in Beijing, capital of China, Aug. 16, 2023. The World Robot Conference 2023 opened here Wednesday, showcasing cutting-edge achievements and the latest robot industry exhibits. (Xinhua/Xu Jiayi)
Humanoid robots are pictured at the World Robot Conference 2023 in Beijing, capital of China, Aug. 16, 2023. The World Robot Conference 2023 opened here Wednesday, showcasing cutting-edge achievements and the latest robot industry exhibits. (Xinhua/Xu Jiayi)
People visit the World Robot Conference 2023 in Beijing, capital of China, Aug. 16, 2023. The World Robot Conference 2023 opened here Wednesday, showcasing cutting-edge achievements and the latest robot industry exhibits. (Xinhua/Ren Chao)
Children visit the World Robot Conference 2023 in Beijing, capital of China, Aug. 16, 2023. The World Robot Conference 2023 opened here Wednesday, showcasing cutting-edge achievements and the latest robot industry exhibits. (Xinhua/Xu Jiayi)
A robot simulates a surgery at the World Robot Conference 2023 in Beijing, capital of China, Aug. 16, 2023. The World Robot Conference 2023 opened here Wednesday, showcasing cutting-edge achievements and the latest robot industry exhibits. (Xinhua/Peng Ziyang)
Welding robots are pictured at the World Robot Conference 2023 in Beijing, capital of China, Aug. 16, 2023. The World Robot Conference 2023 opened here Wednesday, showcasing cutting-edge achievements and the latest robot industry exhibits. (Xinhua/Peng Ziyang)
Robotic cats are pictured at the World Robot Conference 2023 in Beijing, capital of China, Aug. 16, 2023. The World Robot Conference 2023 opened here Wednesday, showcasing cutting-edge achievements and the latest robot industry exhibits. (Xinhua/Wang Yuguo)
A visitor interacts with a robotic dog at the World Robot Conference 2023 in Beijing, capital of China, Aug. 16, 2023. The World Robot Conference 2023 opened here Wednesday, showcasing cutting-edge achievements and the latest robot industry exhibits. (Xinhua/Ren Chao)
Humanoid robots are pictured at the World Robot Conference 2023 in Beijing, capital of China, Aug. 16, 2023. The World Robot Conference 2023 opened here Wednesday, showcasing cutting-edge achievements and the latest robot industry exhibits. (Xinhua/Peng Ziyang)
A visitor interacts with a humanoid robot at the World Robot Conference 2023 in Beijing, capital of China, Aug. 16, 2023. The World Robot Conference 2023 opened here Wednesday, showcasing cutting-edge achievements and the latest robot industry exhibits. (Xinhua/Ren Chao)
People visit the World Robot Conference 2023 in Beijing, capital of China, Aug. 16, 2023. The World Robot Conference 2023 opened here Wednesday, showcasing cutting-edge achievements and the latest robot industry exhibits. (Xinhua/Ren Chao)
Humanoid robots perform at the World Robot Conference 2023 in Beijing, capital of China, Aug. 16, 2023. The World Robot Conference 2023 opened here Wednesday, showcasing cutting-edge achievements and the latest robot industry exhibits. (Xinhua/Ren Chao)
This photo taken on Aug. 16, 2023 shows an exterior view of the venue of the World Robot Conference 2023 in Beijing, capital of China. The World Robot Conference 2023 opened here Wednesday, showcasing cutting-edge achievements and the latest robot industry exhibits. (Xinhua/Peng Ziyang)
A robot shoots a basketball at the World Robot Conference 2023 in Beijing, capital of China, Aug. 16, 2023. The World Robot Conference 2023 opened here Wednesday, showcasing cutting-edge achievements and the latest robot industry exhibits. (Xinhua/Xu Jiayi)
Humanoid robots perform at the World Robot Conference 2023 in Beijing, capital of China, Aug. 16, 2023. The World Robot Conference 2023 opened here Wednesday, showcasing cutting-edge achievements and the latest robot industry exhibits. (Xinhua/Wang Yuguo)
Desktop industrial robots are pictured at the World Robot Conference 2023 in Beijing, capital of China, Aug. 16, 2023. The World Robot Conference 2023 opened here Wednesday, showcasing cutting-edge achievements and the latest robot industry exhibits. (Xinhua/Ren Chao)
A visitor interacts with a humanoid robot at the World Robot Conference 2023 in Beijing, capital of China, Aug. 16, 2023. The World Robot Conference 2023 opened here Wednesday, showcasing cutting-edge achievements and the latest robot industry exhibits. (Xinhua/Peng Ziyang)
A patrol robot capable of fire and theft detection is on duty at the World Robot Conference 2023 in Beijing, capital of China, Aug. 16, 2023. The World Robot Conference 2023 opened here Wednesday, showcasing cutting-edge achievements and the latest robot industry exhibits. (Xinhua/Wang Yuguo)
People visit the World Robot Conference 2023 in Beijing, capital of China, Aug. 16, 2023. The World Robot Conference 2023 opened here Wednesday, showcasing cutting-edge achievements and the latest robot industry exhibits. (Xinhua/Ren Chao)
Industrial robots are pictured at the World Robot Conference 2023 in Beijing, capital of China, Aug. 16, 2023. The World Robot Conference 2023 opened here Wednesday, showcasing cutting-edge achievements and the latest robot industry exhibits. (Xinhua/Ren Chao)
A humanoid robot resembling ancient Chinese poet Li Bai performs at the World Robot Conference 2023 in Beijing, capital of China, Aug. 16, 2023. The World Robot Conference 2023 opened here Wednesday, showcasing cutting-edge achievements and the latest robot industry exhibits. (Xinhua/Wang Yuguo)
A staff member demonstrates a brain-computer interface for post-stroke rehabilitation at the World Robot Conference 2023 in Beijing, capital of China, Aug. 16, 2023. The World Robot Conference 2023 opened here Wednesday, showcasing cutting-edge achievements and the latest robot industry exhibits. (Xinhua/Wang Yuguo)
Fire-fighting robots are pictured at the World Robot Conference 2023 in Beijing, capital of China, Aug. 16, 2023. The World Robot Conference 2023 opened here Wednesday, showcasing cutting-edge achievements and the latest robot industry exhibits. (Xinhua/Ren Chao)
AI is the Neat Handwriting of the Illiterate
A model in the hands of someone who has read the filing and walked the plant is a clerk. The same model, speaking for someone who has done neither, is a disguise. On AI slop, phantom citations and factslop, why finish stopped being evidence of work, and the containment layer KXCO built so a machine cannot speak as the institution until a source is attached.
Worthship: Do Not Conform to the Age
Worthship is the older English word for worship, and it means to ascribe worth. Bishop Robert Barron preached Romans 12 on 30 August. This essay follows the text into the prison letters, and puts two questions to a graph: do the four readings of that Sunday agree, and was Paul free or in chains when he wrote about despair?
The Truth in All Its Ugliness Must Survive
A majority vote does not determine the truth. Consensus is a mood, gossip is a sport, and a model will write the pretty version for free. Why the ugly number has to survive, why a record beats a dashboard, and what KXCO was built to keep standing when the room changes its mind.
Don't Be the Best, Be the Only: Winning in an AI World
AI is repricing competence downward. What it cannot reproduce is a life. The case for remaining non-fungible, why friction still produces the best ideas, and what it means to build AI systems that keep the human intellect in them.
Every story, signed and delivered.
Subscribe to the kxco channel and get the headline, the AI-written key takeaways, and the chain-anchor link the moment we publish. Audio versions and per-ticker subscriptions arrive in the next iteration.