中国机器人成长的过程也是中国经济发展的历程。本书通过大量人物回忆和纪实访谈,记述了以“中国机器人之父”蒋新松和王天然、曲道奎为代表的科技知识分子研发机器人的曲折经历,同时对智能制造这一当今世界颇受关注的高科技领域在战略层面和科技伦理层面进行了深入的剖析和思考,就诸多全球面临的问题提出了前沿性观点。中国科研技术人员从夹缝求生到征战市场,一路闯关攻坚,终将中国机器人打造成大国重器,把“中国制造”推向“中国智造”。 China’s robots have grown alongside China’s economy. With a large number of recalled stories and documentary interviews, this book describes the bumpy journey of how Chinese technical intellectuals, represented by the “father of Chinese robots”, Jiang Xinsong, Wang Tianran and Qu Daokui developed the machines. The book also analyses and reflects on smart manufacturing—a high-tech sector attracting enormous attention from strategic and ethical perspectives—and, thus, proposes forward-looking ideas on multiple global issues. Chinese researchers and technicians have struggled to make breakthroughs despite the great difficulties experienced in introducing Chinese robots to the market and have transformed robots into competitive creations. They have upgraded “made in China” to “smart manufacturing in China”.