Chinese space engineers are taking advantage of their expertise to develop a large family of industrial robots in the hope of grabbing a share of the huge Chinese market.

Wang Xiaolin, chief designer at Beijing-based Aerospace Science and Industry Intelligent Robot Co Ltd, said researchers at the company are specialists in servomotor, navigational devices and sensors, all of which are key parts in a robot.

The researchers had helped develop China's carrier rockets and missiles as Wang's company is part of China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp, one of the nation's largest space and defense contractors.