- The proposal covers multiple robot categories; consultation remains open through December 5.
- The November 7 report compares the proposed framework with an earlier humanoid identification platform.
A wider identification framework
China's proposed robot identification framework would extend a common coding structure beyond humanoids to industrial, service and special-purpose robots, IT Home explained on November 7. The report says the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology opened consultation on November 6, with comments accepted through December 5.
Under the draft described in the report, identifiers contain four parts: manufacturer code, product-description code, product serial-number code and other codes. The aim is to give each robot leaving a factory a unique identity for safety governance and lifecycle management.
How it differs from the earlier platform
IT Home's explanation places the proposal alongside a humanoid lifecycle service platform introduced in May. That earlier scheme uses a 29-character, four-part identifier covering country, enterprise, product and serial number, supporting traceability from manufacture through disposal and recycling.
The report says the earlier platform had covered more than 100 companies and assigned codes to over 28,000 humanoid robots by May. Those figures describe the earlier platform, not adoption of the new proposal. The current measure remains a consultation draft.
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