Humanoid robots are really coming!
"The outline of future life is gradually becoming clear."
The 2024 World Artificial Intelligence Conference is being held in Shanghai, and the high temperature of more than 30 degrees can’t stop people’s desire to explore the future life.
Humanoid robot display. China News Service, Li Jiajia
In the future life, "humanoid robot" is one of the most important components, and at this World Artificial Intelligence Conference, as the "most beautiful child" at the scene, the appearance of various humanoid robots makes people feel that human beings are one step closer to the future.
People are visiting in front of the booth China News Service, Li Jiajia
"Eighteen King Kong" made a concentrated appearance.
Walking into the exhibition area of WAIC Expo Exhibition Hall, you can see the "Eighteen King Kong" array composed of 18 humanoid robots with different shapes, which is also one of the popular punching points at this conference.
"Eighteen King Kong". China News Service Kang Yuzhan photo
The world’s first full-size universal humanoid robot open source public version machine "Qinglong"; Humanoid biped robot "Little Purple"; "Guanghua No.1", a flexible and delicate working robot with highly anthropomorphic emotion … Eighteen King Kong are good at different fields, and also show the advanced achievements in the field of humanoid robots.
"Eighteen King Kong" has different shapes. China News Service, Li Jiajia
This is also the official announcement of "Qinglong" as the world’s first full-size universal humanoid robot open source public printing machine. "The operating system, software, hardware and drawings of this humanoid robot will be completely open on the online community OpenLoong. The innovation center will gather the strength of the whole industry to carry out rapid iteration of technology, and open a new version of the iterative humanoid robot every year. This year is the first year, which coincides with the Year of the Loong, so it is called’ Qinglong’. " Yang Zhengye, director of the market system of the national local humanoid robot innovation center, introduced.
"Qinglong". China News Service, Li Jiajia
"Qinglong" is 185cm tall, with a highly bionic trunk configuration and anthropomorphic motion control, as well as a highly maneuverable lower limb walking configuration and a lightweight and high-precision upper limb working configuration, which supports four major sports functions, such as fast walking, agile obstacle avoidance, steady ascending and descending and impact interference resistance.
According to reports, it has 43 active degrees of freedom and a maximum motor torque of 400N.m Under the condition of a load of 40 kg, it can walk at a speed of 1m/s, which meets the load demand in high-load scenarios.
Humanoid robot display. China News Service, Li Jiajia
Xu Bin, general manager of the National Center for the Innovation of Humanoid Robots, said, "’Qinglong’ realizes the integrated development of humanoid robots and artificial intelligence through deep integration with the scholar model of Pujiang Laboratory, which will be the technical base of Chinese-shaped robots and a landmark innovation in the humanoid robot industry."
What can they do?
"We conducted market research and found that people’s greatest urgent need for humanoid robots is old-age health care and health care."
Gan Middle School, deputy dean of the Institute of Engineering and Applied Technology of Fudan University and dean of the Institute of Intelligent Robots, said. The "Guanghua No.1" exhibited by Fudan University this time is an old-age care robot. The team aims to make it a "health doctor" around the elderly.
"Guanghua No.1". Photo courtesy of Fudan University
"We believe that nursing robots should not only have intelligence, but also have emotions. In theory, we can also make it make more expressions. " Gan Middle School said that this is also the biggest difference between Guanghua No.1 and other humanoid robots-it can read people’s expressions and generate corresponding emotional responses.
Photo courtesy of Fudan University
"If you take care of the elderly with an emotionless robot like wood, the elderly will not feel as warm as their loved ones. Only with emotional functions can we really do a good job of nursing. " Gan Middle School emphasized.
In the creation of humanoid robots, not only related enterprises and universities participate, but also new energy automobile manufacturers are eyeing this track.
In front of Optimus Prime booth. Photo courtesy of Tesla
Tesla’s "Optimus Prime" is the old star of the artificial intelligence conference. Optimus Prime’s design goal is to perform some dangerous or boring tasks for human beings, such as carrying heavy objects and purchasing groceries.
The second generation of Optimus Prime. China News Service Kang Yuzhan photo
Tesla brought "Optimus Prime II" to this China International Import Expo(CIIE). The second generation not only weighs less, but also reduces the overall weight by 10 kilograms; Moreover, it also has greater freedom and can even be used to complete fine activities such as boiling eggs.
When did you "fly into the homes of ordinary people"?
At present, "Guanghua No.1" is still in the stage of laboratory research and development, and it is ready to carry out tests in Sichuan, Henan, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and other places, and constantly optimize nursing functions to ensure safer, more accurate and softer movements, such as lifting the elderly from the bed and helping them to the toilet. The staff plans to launch an experimental product at the end of this year and try to carry out a small amount of industrialization promotion next year.
"Guanghua No.1". Photo courtesy of Fudan University
The latest humanoid biped robot XR4 developed by Da Yun Robot was released for the first time at this conference. It also has a nice name "Seven Fairies" Xiaozi.
"Little Purple". Photo courtesy of Dalai robot
Xiaozi has the abilities of perception, cognition, reasoning and decision-making, and her hand size is flexible. She can easily pick up eggs and slim playing cards, and can also cooperate with her hands to finish delicate tasks such as baking bread, loading plates and ironing clothes. She can also understand human instructions and complete specific tasks by recognizing language.
It is understood that during the conference, the first batch of XR4 with a limited edition of 100 units was opened for pre-sale, and the pre-sale price of each unit started at 399,000 yuan. "However, at present, humanoid robots are mainly aimed at the B-end market and can be used in many fields such as industrial manufacturing, family pension and commercial services. It may take some time to fly into people’s homes. " The relevant person in charge of Daxie introduced.
"Optimus Prime" propaganda map. Photo courtesy of Tesla
Although there is still some time to fly into people’s homes, many humanoid robots have begun to work in factories smoothly. "Tesla has deployed several Optimus Prime robots in a factory, which are tested and continuously improved in a real production environment every day, which has demonstrated its strong execution ability." On May 6th this year, Milan kovac, head of Optimus Prime Project, wrote that they are still training Optimus Prime how to recover from failure, and it has been observed that Optimus Prime can correct mistakes by itself.
It is predicted that by 2025, more than 1,000 Optimus Prime humanoid robots will be put into operation in the Tesla factory, which will help complete various tasks and further improve production efficiency. Musk predicts that in the future, humanoid robots will become the main force of industry, and the number is expected to surpass human beings, which is expected to reach 10-20 billion. Tesla aims to produce 1 billion units a year, accounting for more than 10% of the market. Its cost is controlled at around $10,000, and the price is expected to be $20,000, which will bring Tesla a market of $ 25-30 trillion.
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