Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: "Tsvakurudzo yeChina yemarobhoti yakatanga mumakore ekuma1980, uye zvinhu zvavaiva nazvo panguva iyoyo zvaiva zvishoma kana zvichienzaniswa nezvimwe nyika". Kunyange zvakadaro, National University of Defense Technology yakatsunga kugadzira robhoti reChina, pashure pokuona marobhoti eJapan neAmerica muChina
Expo '85 World Fair muTsukuba, Japan. Pana December 31, 1987, makumbo erobhoti rokuChina akarongwa zvinobudirira. Pakazosvika 1989, boka racho rakanga rava kushandisa maoko, tsinga dzomuviri, uye maseru okuona kuti robhoti riite basa rakafanana neromunhu. Musi waNovember 29, 2000, robhoti racho rakanga rapera kugadzirwa, uye boka racho rakaritumidza kuti "Xianxingzhe", zvinoreva kuti mutangiri, sezvo robhoti racho rakarumbidzwa sechinhu chikuru chokugadzira zvinhu muChina.