Global leader in collaborative robots (hereinafter referred to as “Youao”) recently announced the appointment of Mr. Xu Yilin as President of Youao China. He will be in charge of the overall business operations in China, including the development and implementation of the company’s China strategy, market layout planning, sales and marketing strategy deployment, partnership and strategic customer relationship development, and further increase the company’s market share in China. The Chinese market is of strategic importance to the company, and the addition of Mr. Xu represents the company’s determination to continue to drive business development in China

Prior to joining UAO, Mr. Xu worked in The automation industry in China and Asia Pacific for many years, holding key executive positions at companies such as Festo Greater China and The Boston Consulting Group. Mr. Xu has more than 20 years of working experience in a wide range of fields, and has accumulated rich experience and industry insights on business strategy, management and operation, and business development in the Chinese market.

Mr. Xu Yilin, president of UAO Robotics China, said: “Industrial automation is of great significance to improve the resilience and safety level of the industrial chain and supply chain, and the use density of intelligent machines is also an important reference in the digital transformation of the economy. Through our automation technology, we are reshaping the way the world works and empowering manufacturing companies. China is one of the world’s most important markets for UAO, and I look forward to working closely with the UAO China team to expand the application boundaries of collaborative robotics technology, explore opportunities in emerging industries, promote the construction of the partner ecosystem, build a richer UR+ ecosystem, and help UAO achieve continued growth in the Chinese market.”

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To date, we have delivered more than 75,000 collaborative robots to a wide range of industries worldwide, with more than 1,100 partners, building an extensive collaboration ecosystem. 2023 is the tenth year of UAO’s entry into China, witnessing and promoting the change and development of China’s intelligent manufacturing. In 2022, Youao will move its Shanghai headquarters to Jing ‘an International Center, equip global Youao Academy offline training classrooms, add application and test centers, and increase the construction of local maintenance and logistics center facilities to better meet the needs of the Chinese market. At the same time, Youao also sponsored the intelligent collaborative robot vocational skills competition and carried out China e series technical training to promote practitioners to improve their skills.

With its security cooperation, flexible deployment, easy programming and other characteristics, Youao has excellent performance in typical application scenarios such as welding, machine care, palletizing, screw tightening, etc., and has helped more Chinese enterprises realize automation transformation and upgrading, especially in the fields of automotive, new energy, electronics, metal processing, and has established a deep strategic cooperative relationship with head customers. Uao continues to expand the UR+ ecosystem, offering more than 230 component products, nearly 20 application suites and mature standard solutions. In 2022, Youao released the UR20 collaborative robot, with a payload of up to 20kg, a 50% reduction in the number of joint parts, high precision and flexibility, achieving a revolutionary breakthrough in the collaborative robot industry.

“Collaborative robots have already become an important part of intelligent manufacturing and lean production, and with its technological advantages and mission to advance industrial automation, we have great potential for development.” Mr. Xu added, “In the future, UAO will continue to promote the transformation of China’s manufacturing industry to intelligent upgrading, work with more high-quality local customers, and make unremitting efforts to cultivate more high-end skilled talents.”