A space robot. (Photo/Xinhua)

China has clarified its development roadmap for space robot technologies, secretary-general of China National Space Administration Tian Yulong said at the 13th International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Automation in Space (i-SAIRAS 2016) held in Beijing on June 20, 2016.

The symposium is devoted to the technologies of Artificial Intelligence, Automation and Robotics and their application in space. Officials and experts from over ten countries including the U.S., Germany, Japan and Canada participated in the meeting.

Tian Yulong, chief engineer of the State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense and secretary-general of China National Space Administration, introduced when delivering the keynote speech that China has worked out its space robot development roadmap. Space robots will have a wide application prospects for in-orbit services, space exploration and deep space detection systems. 

The development of space robot technology will further promote the sustainable development of China’s space program, as well as innovations in the technological field, international cooperation, and improvement of relevant laws and regulations. In the future, China will tackle problems in key technologies related to in-orbit service robots, moon and deep space detection robots, space environmental governance robots and other fields, so as to enhance China’s space robot technologies to a level that is advanced worldwide.