A few days ago, the State Intellectual Property Office launched the 22nd China Patent Awards "online" awarding event on the official website. The invention patent of "a method for automatic calculation of the actual arm length of a robot" by STEP 's subsidiary Zhongweixing won the China Patent Award. The Patent Excellence Award once again demonstrates STEP's technological leadership in the field of robotics.

The award-winning invention patent provides "a method for automatically calculating the actual arm length of the robot through zero point calibration and arm length calibration control accuracy", which is simple and flexible in application, and the control efficiency is greatly improved. It was granted the patent in April 2019. At present, this patented technology has been successfully transformed on the STEP robot, which has improved the product's performance indicators and user experience.

In recent years, STEP has focused on its core business, identified the track in subdivided fields, and implemented the strategy of "benchmarking imports and surpassing imports". For this reason, it has continued to increase investment in independent innovation, and the number and quality of corporate patents have increased rapidly and steadily. As of June 30, 2021, STEP has a total of 687 authorized patents, including 223 invention patents, 252 software copyrights, and participated in the preparation and revision of 30 national technical standards and 8 industrial technical standards.

The China Patent Award selection activity is jointly carried out by the State Intellectual Property Office and the World Intellectual Property Organization. It has been held for 22 sessions so far, and more than 7,000 patent projects with high innovation quality, good application efficiency, and strong demonstration effect have been selected, which has strongly supported my country's economy. High-quality social development. This year's China Patent Award covers many fields such as high-end equipment manufacturing, artificial intelligence, biomedicine, energy conservation and environmental protection, and new materials, which embodies my country's outstanding achievements in promoting key core technology research.