How China's Yangtze River Delta became a tech powerhouse

In Suzhou, eastern China's Jiangsu province, the start-up Magic Lab specializes in full-sized humanoid robots designed to interact with people and work in factories — just one example of the Yangtze River Delta region's transformation into a national innovation hub. "More than 90 percent of the components, including critical parts like torque motor joints, actuators, control units and dexterous robotic hands, are developed in-house and locally manufactured," said Wu Changzheng, the company's president and a graduate of Shanghai Jiao Tong University. "The other 10 percent is in central processing units (CPUs)." Magic Lab is one of thousands of cutting-edge ventures reshaping Jiangsu and neighboring Zhejiang province. Once known for producing textiles, chemicals and machinery, the Yangtze River Delta is now home to a new generation of firms developing technologies critical to China's future. The start-up has developed a general-purpose AI model that integrates sensing, navigation and movement control, enabling its humanoid robots to quickly adapt to tasks and cooperate in real-world envWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times