2027 Central Asia UAV & Robotic Expo
Astana, Kazakhstan
The only vertical B2B professional expo for UAV and robotics across Central Asia, covering the whole industrial chain with a hundred‑billion‑dollar market potential in the five Central Asian states.
Show Introduction
Kazakhstan, dubbed “Little Saudi Arabia of Central Asia”, boasts strong economic performance and offers visa‑free entry for Chinese citizens, lowering barriers for exhibitors. This expo stands as the highest‑priority professional platform in the region.Central Asia UAV & Robotic Expo is Central Asia’s inaugural vertical B2B trade show dedicated to UAVs, autonomous equipment and robotic systems. Positioned as a key hub of Central Asia, it connects industrial‑chain resources across the five Central Asian republics and broader Eurasia. The event features full‑commercial‑chain technology and product displays, bringing together global system manufacturers, R&D enterprises, hardware‑software supporting service providers. It creates precise business matching with government‑enterprise end‑buyers, system integrators and regional channel partners from agriculture, energy, infrastructure, logistics, emergency response, smart city and other sectors.
As a premium vertical B2B trade‑matching platform of its kind in the region, the show conducts targeted invitations to national ministries, leading state‑owned enterprises, municipal authorities and top private industry players. It enables exhibiting companies worldwide to achieve product demonstration, supply‑demand matching, channel development and regional cooperation in one stop. Serving as a specialized trade carrier, it empowers Chinese intelligent‑manufacturing enterprises to deepen their footprint in Central Asia’s low‑altitude economy.
- In June 2025, the China‑Central Asia Summit was held in Astana. China and the five Central Asian countries reached consensus to prioritize digital industries, modern agriculture, connectivity and equipment trade & investment as core cooperation sectors, opening up official national‑level trade channels for domestic smart‑equipment enterprises.
- Kazakhstan has released the medium‑to‑long‑term *Civil UAV Development Programme 2025‑2031*, and established the Ministry of Artificial Intelligence and Digitalisation to oversee the whole industry. Foreign‑invested smart‑equipment enterprises can access one‑stop supportive policies.
- Kazakhstan features vast arable land with low penetration of agricultural intelligent equipment. Industrial inspection, logistics delivery and other smart devices for oil‑gas, railway, mining, municipal administration and tele‑medicine sectors are heavily import‑dependent. Chinese products enjoy dual competitive edges in technology and cost. This expo acts as a core trade gateway for domestic enterprises tapping into the Central Asian market.
Core Show Values
Vertically‑focused Track with High‑efficiency Supply‑demand Matching
As Central Asia’s first special‑purpose B2B expo for unmanned systems, it differs from general industrial exhibitions. The entire event centres on unmanned systems, robotics and AI digital supporting sectors. Attendees are professional practitioners specialising in procurement, channel operation and technical R&D, delivering pre‑screened high‑quality trade resources.
Concentrated Arrival of High‑decision‑making Professional Buyers
Leveraging Astana’s hub location, one participation helps build distribution networks covering all five Central Asian states and cuts costs for separate market expansion across multiple countries. Government competent authorities and state‑owned industrial groups of Kazakhstan are specially invited. An estimated 90% of visitors hold procurement‑decision power or budget authority. Visiting enterprises are equipped with special funds for large‑volume smart‑equipment procurement, supporting on‑site negotiations for bulk equipment orders.
First‑mover Brand Advantages in Regional Market
Kazakhstan is vigorously constructing Alatau City, its future smart metropolis. Local supply is severely insufficient across agriculture, energy, mining, urban infrastructure, emergency medical and other sectors, resulting in huge market gaps. As Central Asia’s premier professional trade platform for unmanned systems, the expo enables exhibitors to build regional brand awareness and capture market dividends at an early stage.
Key Buyer Groups
- **Policy & Industrial Regulatory Authorities**: Ministry of Artificial Intelligence and Digitalisation, Civil Aviation Committee, Ministry of Industry and Infrastructure Development, Ministry of Energy, Ministry of Transport, Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Emergency Situations, Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources.
- **Leading State‑owned Industrial Groups**: National oil & gas corporations, power energy enterprises, national railway operators, state‑owned agricultural holding KazAgro, national mining enterprises.
- **Urban Infrastructure Operators**: Municipal departments of Astana, Almaty and other regional provinces covering urban construction, agriculture and emergency management; dedicated procurement team for the Alatau City project.
End‑user Commercial Procuring Enterprises by Industry
- **Agriculture**: Large‑scale farm groups, agricultural holding enterprises, regional agricultural cooperatives, major pasture‑livestock operators.
- **Energy & Mining**: Oil‑gas production & pipeline operation enterprises, open‑pit / underground mines, PV & wind‑power O&M companies, plant HSE management departments.
- **Infrastructure & Surveying‑mapping**: EPC contractors, professional geospatial surveying‑mapping firms, road‑bridge / communication‑line service providers, smart‑city planning & construction enterprises.
- **Logistics & Public Services**: Cross‑border supply‑chain enterprises, postal & courier operators, medical institutions in remote areas, urban low‑altitude delivery operators.
- **Environment & Emergency Response**: Forest fire prevention & disaster‑rescue organisations, routine monitoring operators for river basins and wildlife conservation.
- **Industry System Integrators**: Undertake government‑enterprise projects and procure complete units, components and software for integrated solutions; core clients for upstream supporting suppliers.
- **Regional Exclusive Equipment Agents**: Operate offline sales channels across five Central Asian states, representing both complete equipment and spare‑part components.
- **Local Equipment Assembly & Manufacturers**: Domestic assembly plants and equipment producers with stable long‑term demand for upstream components including motors, flight controllers, payloads and batteries.
- **Large‑scale Equipment Rental Companies**: Purchase complete units in bulk for rental business, together with spare parts and supporting software.
Exhibition Scope
### I. Aerial Vehicles & Intelligent Robots1. **UAV Series**: Multi‑rotor UAVs (for inspection, surveying‑mapping, security, fire‑fighting, plant protection, logistics), fixed‑wing UAVs, VTOL UAVs, tethered UAV systems and others.
2. **Robotics Series**: Autonomous mobile robots & AGVs, quadruped / bionic robots, humanoid robots, collaborative robotic arms & dexterous hands; unmanned surface vessels & unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs).
3. **New‑concept Carriers & Special Platforms**: eVTOLs, urban air mobility (UAM) vehicles, flying‑car prototypes, as well as special robotic platforms for extreme‑environment operations.
### II. Core Perception, Navigation & Flight Control Systems
1. **High‑precision Integrated Navigation & Positioning**: Multi‑band multi‑constellation GNSS boards, RTK/PPK high‑precision positioning modules, MEMS inertial navigation systems (IMU), integrated‑navigation fusion algorithms and full‑scenario positioning solutions.
2. **Environmental Perception Sensors**: Mechanical / solid‑state LiDAR, millimetre‑wave radar, binocular & depth vision cameras, ultrasonic sensors, infrared obstacle‑avoidance modules for autonomous navigation, obstacle detection and SLAM.
3. **Flight Control & Autopilot**: Open‑source / commercial flight control computers, industrial‑grade autopilots, ground control stations (GCS), hardware‑in‑the‑loop simulation & test platforms for multi‑rotor, fixed‑wing, VTOL and unmanned‑ground‑vehicle platforms.
### III. Power, Energy & Propulsion Systems
1. **Motor & ESC Systems**: High‑efficiency brushless motors, servo motors, electronic speed controllers and aviation‑grade ESCs for multi‑rotor and small fixed‑wing platforms.
2. **Energy Storage & Management**: Lithium‑ion battery packs, solid‑state batteries, hydrogen fuel cells, BMS, intelligent chargers and fast‑swap / wireless‑charging devices.
3. **Fuel‑power & Hybrid Propulsion**: Aviation piston engines, heavy‑fuel engines, micro turbojet engines and oil‑electric hybrid power systems.
### IV. Communication Data‑link & Remote Operation
1. **Airborne Data‑link & Video Transmission**: Point‑to‑point / point‑to‑multipoint data radio stations, low‑latency digital video transmitters, wireless video transmission equipment and ad‑hoc network communication modules for BVLOS real‑time control and video feedback.
2. **Satcom & 5G Convergence**: Satellite communication terminals, airborne 5G/LTE communication modules and low‑orbit satellite internet terminals.
3. **Ground‑side Control Terminals**: Hand‑held / cabinet‑type ground remote controllers, integrated ground control stations, touch‑screen command large displays and remote cockpit solutions.
### V. AI Algorithms, Intelligent Software & Data Platforms
1. **AI Foundation & Edge Computing**: AI edge‑computing modules, AI inference accelerator cards, lightweight deep‑learning frameworks, real‑time on‑board target detection and decision‑making.
2. **Autonomous Intelligence Algorithm Suite**: Autonomous obstacle‑avoidance & path‑planning algorithms, multi‑UAV swarm collaborative control algorithms, intelligent decision‑making and mission re‑planning systems.
3. **Industry‑oriented Application Software Platforms**: Mission‑planning & route‑management software, photogrammetry & 3D point‑cloud modelling software, digital‑twin simulation & verification systems.
### VI. Mission Payloads & Special‑purpose Operational Equipment
1. **EO‑IR Payloads**: Visible‑light gimbal cameras, dual‑light / tri‑light EO‑IR pods, mid‑wave / long‑wave infrared thermal imagers, laser range‑finders (LRF) for day‑night observation, target locking and temperature‑measurement diagnosis.
2. **Spectral & Radar Payloads**: Multi‑spectral / hyperspectral imagers, synthetic aperture radar (SAR), LiDAR surveying‑mapping systems (terrain, agriculture‑forestry, power‑line modelling), gas‑leakage detection sensors, multi‑parameter water‑quality sensors.
3. **Operational Mounted Devices**: Plant‑protection spraying systems, seed‑sowing systems, emergency‑material drop launchers, loud‑hailer / audio‑visual warning devices, high‑intensity lighting equipment, fire‑extinguishing bomb launchers, mechanical grabbing & sampling actuators.
### VII. Turnkey Solutions & System Integration
1. **Energy & Infrastructure**: Unmanned intelligent‑inspection turnkey solutions for transmission lines, substations, PV power stations and wind farms; oil‑gas pipeline leakage detection, 3D surveying‑mapping and work‑safety monitoring systems for open‑pit mines.
2. **Agriculture‑forestry & Eco‑environment**: Precision‑agriculture plant‑protection, variable‑rate fertilisation and pest‑disease spectral‑monitoring solutions; forest‑fire patrol, wildlife‑conservation monitoring, water‑environment pollution‑traceability unmanned inspection systems.
3. **Public Security, Emergency Response & Urban Governance**: Post‑disaster reconnaissance & search‑rescue, high‑rise‑building fire‑fighting, low‑altitude rapid medical‑supply delivery solutions; urban illegal‑construction inspection, road‑traffic‑flow monitoring, low‑altitude security for large‑scale events, border‑control and counter‑UAV three‑dimensional security system integration.
