The Hanover Industrial Fair 2025 has come to an end on April 4th. During this year's CIIE, companies from around the world showcased the latest solutions in industrial production, logistics, services, and other fields, exploring the future development trends of industries in artificial intelligence, robotics, energy transformation, and other areas. A year ago, at the Hanover Industrial Fair, the impact of the rise of generative artificial intelligence technology on industrial production began to emerge. One year later today, exhibitors are clearly giving the answer: artificial intelligence is accelerating its deep penetration from cutting-edge technological concepts to practical applications in the industrial manufacturing field. From optimizing production line processes to precision quality inspection based on machine vision, to predictive maintenance, industrial data integration and analysis, and intelligent chat assistants to assist frontline workers, artificial intelligence technology is integrating into various aspects of industrial manufacturing with unprecedented breadth and depth. Kyle Yang, a senior project manager at Microsoft, introduced that artificial intelligence is currently being applied in related industries to help solve problems such as shortage of frontline technical personnel and scheduling optimization. By using AI driven management systems, enterprises can more accurately schedule technical personnel, optimize planning to reduce time and energy consumption. Yang said that artificial intelligence can also undertake repetitive and procedural tasks, such as helping technicians automatically generate service reports after providing services, allowing technicians to focus on solving complex problems. This type of artificial intelligence application that solves practical problems and brings measurable efficiency improvements has broad prospects. With multiple challenges brought by economic uncertainty, geopolitical situation, and climate change, industrial enterprises expect new technologies such as artificial intelligence to help improve production efficiency, save resources, and enhance competitiveness. Stuart Sim, a partner at Bain&Company in the United States, stated during the Industrial Fair that generative artificial intelligence technology is still in its early stages of development, and with the technological evolution in the coming years, more opportunities will follow. Humanoid robots are entering a period of vigorous development and advancing in synergy with artificial intelligence technology. The increasingly flexible and intelligent humanoid robots have become another cutting-edge technology that has attracted much attention at this year's Industrial and Technological Fair. Did you notice that our robot made it to the opening ceremony of this year's Industrial Fair Danny Elodin, the Key Account Manager of German robot distributor MYBOTSHOP, showcased photos of the company's products performing alongside dance artists at the opening ceremony to reporters at the exhibition. Elleding said that as more capable humanoid robots enter the market, there has been a significant increase in inquiries and demand from the industrial sector, especially in scenarios involving packaging, handling in warehousing and logistics, as well as assembly in industrial production. He is very optimistic about the prospects of the sales business of humanoid robots, and his company has sold about 50 humanoid robots so far this year. He expects that in the coming years, humanoid or quadruped robots will become standard equipment for many industrial enterprises. Jan Nicholas Milkhams, Senior Advisor at Ernst&Young, said that global automotive giants such as Mercedes Benz and BMW have entered into partnerships with humanoid robot companies and invested heavily, which is a clear signal that industry giants are laying out the future potential of humanoid robots. Humanoid robots can work in complex and ever-changing environments like humans, perform flexible tasks, and their application costs may be further reduced. The energy transition is undergoing diverse explorations around energy transition and sustainable development. The industry is actively exploring diversified technological paths and strategic choices. At the Industry Expo, experts in related fields discussed the development prospects and problems that need to be solved in technologies such as batteries and hydrogen energy. Dennis Curusis, founder and CEO of Volta Energy Canada, said that there is no single solution that can solve all problems. Although the current process of electrification of transportation, represented by electric vehicles, has a clear direction, it also faces practical challenges such as insufficient charging infrastructure and battery technology bottlenecks. In the next decade, it is impossible to achieve complete electrification of all vehicles unless there is a significant breakthrough in battery technology, "said Kurusis. With the gradual transformation of energy supply structure, the importance of energy storage technology and modern power grid is becoming increasingly prominent, and new battery technologies will have huge development prospects. Hydrogen energy is also a highly anticipated technology in the global energy transition, but reporters have seen that during this year's Hanover Fair, various parties have shown a more complex and cautious attitude towards hydrogen energy. Christopher Heiblin, Director of International Affairs at the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems in Germany, said that after experiencing a "conceptual boom" and "high expectations" in previous years, hydrogen technology is currently in a stage of "clarifying reality". He said that although the development of hydrogen energy faces many difficulties and progress is slower than expected, many countries around the world have introduced hydrogen energy strategies, and long-term commitments at the policy level are still solid. Friedrick Larsen, an expert from the German Hydrogen Association, pointed out that Germany started relatively late in the field of hydrogen energy and is currently facing development bottlenecks in many aspects. It is necessary to accelerate large-scale deployment, strengthen infrastructure construction, and provide reliable financing support for hydrogen energy projects in order to promote breakthroughs in related technologies and industries and bring about changes in the industry. (New Society)