◎Robot industry

In 2018, the research and development and manufacturing of special robots and welding robots in Tangshan ranked the top in China, with more than 30 types of special robot products in three series, namely emergency rescue, special work and military-civilian integration. Kaicheng Intelligent Equipment Co., Ltd. has been successively rated among the first echelon of representative enterprises in China's intelligent special robot industry and as the leading enterprise in the field of firefighting robot. Its welding equipment and robot products continue to stay at the top in the national market. And the Robot Welding Line of the North American Special Vehicle Main Girder together with other 17 products has been announced as the first major technical equipment of its kind in Hebei Province. There are 56 enterprises producing robots and related products in the city, including special robots, industrial robots, service robots, as well as artificial vision systems, sensors and other key components. Special robot products are for emergency rescue, such as firefighting, patrolling and inspection, mine emergency rescue, underwater operation, underground pipeline inspection, train examination, channel flow measurement and so on.(https://www.daowen.com)