On the evening of August 7, the fourth episode of the ‘Smart Awakening’ CMG World Robot Skills Competition aired on CCTV-10 Science and Education Channel. Humanoid robots completed various task challenges such as rehabilitation, ironing clothes, industrial inspection, and juice making, showcasing the latest application results.
During the opening performance, five ‘Xiao Zhi’ humanoid robots from Guanggu Dongzhi took the stage to perform a creative show of ‘Mecha Tai Chi’.Subsequently, the robot competed with a professional barista in hand-brewed coffee using a high-precision sensing system and AI dynamic control technology, successfully completing challenges in water temperature control, pouring techniques, extraction time, and flavor presentation.“The coffee made by this robot is rich in color, aroma, and flavor, and meets the requirements!” commented senior barista Yu Lu on-site.
The robot brewing coffee“With multiple high-definition cameras and laser radar all over its body, our robot can accurately identify the position of objects on the table and perform a series of operations using its highly dexterous hands,” said Chen Weiran, Chief Ambassador of the Xiao Zhi humanoid robot team.Moreover, just a few days ago at the competition’s opening ceremony, the Xiao Zhi humanoid robot also completed tasks such as conducting music and providing science popularization explanations, demonstrating various scenarios of humanoid robots in daily life.Guanggu Dongzhi is a humanoid robot manufacturer established in February this year, jointly founded by Dongyangguang, Zhiyuan Robotics, Wuhan Artificial Intelligence Research Institute of Peking University, and Lingchu Intelligent. The showcased robot can not only recognize multiple languages and Chinese dialects, engage in multi-turn conversations, and understand intelligent semantics, but also generate natural movements, dance, conduct performances, and perform household chores such as brewing coffee and cleaning tables.
The robot performing quality inspection work
“Our original intention in developing robots is to truly serve human life, which is also the direction for their implementation in the industry,” said Lou Kaiqi, Deputy General Manager of Guanggu Dongzhi.Currently, Guanggu Dongzhi has established a full-stack technology system from ‘body to brain’. The company has taken the lead in constructing behavioral models of robots in 14 real scenarios such as supermarkets, homes, and factories through internal data collection.In Building 8A of the Guanggu Chip Industrial Park, the first phase of the humanoid robot factory of Guanggu Dongzhi has recently officially commenced production, covering an area of approximately 3,000 square meters, including three production lines for humanoid robot assembly, functional testing, and casing, mainly operating the functional testing production line.
On the production site, after the assembled humanoid robot has its program algorithms input, it must undergo more than a dozen functional tests including joint flexibility, vision, hearing, aging resistance, obstacle avoidance, and interaction. After passing all tests, engineers will ‘dress’ the humanoid robot in a shell printed with the Yellow Crane Tower pattern, package it, and send it to the client company.“In August, the factory has received production orders for 10 humanoid robots, with an annual production capacity of 300 units,” said He Hongqiang, production manager of Guanggu Dongzhi, adding that the second phase of the humanoid robot factory’s assembly line will start operations early next year, with an expected annual production capacity of 1,000 humanoid robots.Image source: China Guanggu
Hubei Humanoid Robot Innovation CenterWith the goal of ‘one year to start, three years to see results, five years to gain momentum’, it focuses on building ‘three venues and one base’, concentrating on action training and data collection, and surrounding four major functions such as concept verification and pilot service, to create an innovative ecosystem of ‘government, industry, academia, research, finance, and application’. The aim is to promote the gathering of upstream and downstream enterprises in the Hubei humanoid robot industrial park.
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