Li-Gong Industrial is pursuing a similar goal. At the 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference, multiple robot workstations at Li-Gong's exhibition booth drew crowds, who got to witness smart retail, intelligent sorting, material handling and warehousing, with picking, restocking and transport forming a complete cycle.

　　How to make a robot replicate human manipulation? Cao Yuran, the company's senior marketing manager, pointed to a pair of blue gloves. "This is a data capture kit we launched globally in April."

　　He broke down how the system works: a head-mounted binocular camera captures the first-person view and a wrist-mounted micro-camera tracks fine hand movements, while a tactile sensing glove with over a hundred pressure points records fingertip and palm feedback in full detail.

　　"Tasks like applying sealant or assembly have always depended on the intuitive touch of a master craftsman. Now we capture that feel through vision and touch, convert it into datasets, and train robots to replicate the logic."

　　"This doesn't mean replacing workers," Cao said. "Manufacturing has a labor shortage, especially young people don't want repetitive assembly jobs. Robots take over the repetitive work, freeing people for higher-value tasks like machine adjustment, production scheduling and process optimization."

　　Robot orders are currently booked through October, he said, adding that overseas markets are growing fast, with clients located in South America, Europe and Southeast Asia.

　　Most of Li-Gong's employees are in the research and development department, Cao revealed. "We use self-developed automation equipment to manufacture robots that then produce more robots."

　　This is precisely the shift happening in China's embodied intelligence industry: from "able to walk" to "able to work" and from the showroom to the production line.