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Beijing Robotics Industry Park (Changping) Opens, Completing ‘South for Mass Production, North for R&D’ Landscape

2026-07-06 · Impact score: 37

On July 6, the Beijing Robotics Industry Park (Changping) officially opened, completing the city's 'south-north' robotics industry layout — with Yizhuang in the south focusing on mass production and Changping in the north emphasizing integrated R&D and production. The park has a total building area of over 300,000 square meters, with the first phase accounting for approximately 65,000 square meters. The facilities are custom-designed for robotics companies: maximum floor height of 6 meters, floor load capacity of 2 tons per square meter, and column spacing of 8.4 meters. On opening day, 13 companies had already moved in or expressed intent, with signed areas totaling nearly 38,000 square meters, over 60% of available space. LingXin Smart Hands has started building an intelligent production line for consumer-grade dexterous hands, planning to deploy over 140 high-precision CNC machines with machining accuracy of 0.5–1 micron, targeting an annual output of 60,000–100,000 dexterous hands by 2028. The park has also launched 17 public service platforms, including the CCID National Robot Testing and Evaluation Center and the Tsinghua University Electronic Intelligent Systems Testing Platform. Companies in the park are exploring a closed-loop ecosystem where 'robots build themselves.'

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北京机器人产业园（昌平）开园，“南有亦庄量产、北有昌平产研”格局落定

7月6日北京市机器人产业园（昌平）正式开园，北京“一南一北”机器人产业布局由此落定——南有亦庄聚焦批量生产，北有昌平侧重产研结合。园区总建筑规模超30万平方米，一期约6.5万平方米，厂房为机器人企业量身定制：最大6米层高、2吨/平方米承重、8.4米柱距。开园当日已入驻及意向企业13家，签约面积近3.8万平方米，占比超60%。灵心巧手落地建设消费级灵巧手智能化生产线，规划布设140多台高精度数控机床，加工精度达0.5-1微米，预计2028年实现年产6-10万只灵巧手。园区同步落地赛迪研究院国家机器人检测与评定中心、清华大学电子智能系统测试平台等17个公共服务平台。园区内企业正探索“机器人造自己”的生态闭环。

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