The match will take place during the official opening ceremonies for a new Kuka factory in China, which began production in December 2013. The 20,000m2 plant, located in Shanghai, employs around 350 people and has the capacity to produce around 3,000 robots a year, mainly for the Asian market.
Kuka has appointed Boll – who is popular among Chinese table-tennis fans – as a brand ambassador to China.
The robot-maker has set up a Web site dedicated to the forthcoming table-tennis showdown.
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