There You Go! Li Bai Dufu Live Poetry? This Class Of Humanoid Robots Went Crazy

On August 16, the 2023 World Robot Conference was held in Beijing. As an annual event in the field of robotics, this year is even more star-studded, gathering nearly 160 domestic and foreign robot companies, nearly 600 robot products "assembled into an army", the light of science and technology shines in Beijing.

"This is the exhibition with the largest number of humanoid robots, and almost all manufacturers of humanoid robots have come to the exhibition."

Among the many exhibits, when it comes to "stealing the limelight", humanoid robots will no doubt take the top spot: They seem to travel through time to compose poems "Li Bai" and "Du Fu"; Some can sing and dance; Some can write and draw; Some live shooting, somersault big show; Can incarnate "barista", "roaster", incarnate intimate butler... There are many new products launched, Sequoia seed players - Yu Tree Intelligence's first general humanoid robot H1 and millet more "dog" robots, "Iron egg 2" also debuted in front of the public for the first time.

Humanoid robot with its more and more close to human shape, behavior and interaction ability, to people have brought visual and psychological shock, humanoid robot blue ocean potential highlighted. Musk's "future demand for humanoid robots will far exceed electric vehicles" at Tesla's 2023 shareholders' meeting completely ignited the concept stock of humanoid robots, and since then many capital has entered, the giants show their technical power, and this conference is also full of start-ups, which marks the humanoid robot track has flooded into more emerging forces... A new revolution in "human-computer interaction" will come.

01 Dozens of robots are on stage, and the eye-attracting index is soaring

When science fiction reflects reality, you can't imagine how vivid today's bionic robots are, they are gradually getting closer to our lives and entering the homes of ordinary people.

"Don't you see, the water of the Yellow River comes from the sky..." "The boundless falling trees are creaking down, and the endless Yangtze River is rolling in..." Into the EX robot booth, "Li Bai" and "Du Fu" recited poetry on the same stage: I saw "Li Bai" dressed in white, wearing a gourd on the waist, holding a glass, singing "Everlasting Regret Song", unrestrained and elegant, showing the "immortal" posture; "Du Fu" crane hair big eyebrows, sitting next to the desk, writing, smell after praise: "Taibai brother, good literary talent!"

EX robot through the simulation of skin, multi-joint movement and other technologies, so that the robot whether it is skin texture, facial expression, or you come to me to interact with each other are highly anthropomorphic, form and spirit, this "poet + robot" dream linkage, let people call "live long!" Regardless of the cultural spirit behind the transmission, this kind of humanoid robot can also land in the actual, not only can undertake the work of display interpretation, service reception, but also can be applied to education, medical and other scenes, to provide humans with a more intelligent and intimate interactive experience.

In stark contrast to the bionic humanoid robot, the humanoid robot developed by Xiaomi is "Tie Da". Compared with the main simulation of humanoid robots, the appearance of "Tieda" is simple and smooth, and the silver-white metal shell exudes a strong sense of science and technology, which is more in line with people's traditional cognition of the robot image.

"Iron big" height of 177cm, weight 52kg, as millet humanoid robot's first product, iron egg since its release has attracted attention but has always been covered in a layer of mystery. In August last year, "iron big" opened the whole flower live, big show drum, but the effect is unsatisfactory, many netizens said: only rhythm, Mo soul, and then "iron big" no dynamic update. This millet exhibition, many people hope to see the latest research progress of "iron", but unfortunately, this time because of the display strategy of "iron" mainly static display, no glimpse. I do not know whether Lei Jun's annual speech next year can see the figure of "iron" again, please return to see the strength.

02 Ride, shoot hoops, take drinks humanoid robot features full bloom

At this World Robot Conference, humanoid robot products are not only more refined and realistic in shape details, but also have achieved a qualitative leap in function, fully demonstrating environmental perception and motion control capabilities. The robot Walker X, which was just unveiled at the closing ceremony of the Universiade, once again showed its hard power. Waller X holds the windmill in his hand and rides the balance bike to "shine" and show his balance force. While perfectly controlling the balance of the body, he makes "difficult" actions such as waving and turning around.

"Naive hot, I am thirsty", the field staff voice just stopped, the panda robot "Youyou" according to the voice command immediately to the refrigerator, take out the drink to the staff, the ability to understand the semantics is greatly enhanced, but also can recognize the items, with strong control ability and movement ability.

More than 1 billion dollars of financing, this year or will go to the IPO of the Da robot, then to you to use the "sea of humanity tactics" small lian, with dozens of robots came to the exhibition, and formed a strong lineup of "robot team", to carry out shooting games, some robots also undertook the important work of commercial streets, dancing active atmosphere, It showed the audience the full range of technical strength in robot motion control and collaborative execution.

In addition to the two major manufacturers, other companies also exhibited robots with novel functions: for example, a technology-seeking humanoid robot to attract customers on the spot, incarnation as a barista, making coffee for the audience at the booth; With a moving speed of 6 km/h, Wukong can plan its own path and adapt to a variety of complex outdoor environments. It can be seen that humanoid robot products are evolving towards a richer interactive experience and more flexible and stable movement ability, and with the continuous breakthrough of core technology, humanoid robot products are expected to play a role in more practical scenes and show their charm in the future.

03 Not only "people", but also "dogs"

In addition to humanoid, pet robots are also another visual focus of the world Robot Conference, and various manufacturers have "internal volume", not to achieve extreme lifelike appearance, is to let the robot begin to "engage in acrobatics". Taking Yushu Technology's bionic four-legged robot dog as an example, it is a "veteran" in four-legged consumer robots, and Yushu has brought new products with higher perception, high interaction force and higher cost performance. In the live performance, Yushu GO2 robot dog successively completed a number of difficult actions such as handstand, climbing stairs and long jump, which can be described as "unique" frequently.

Xiaomi's newly released CyberDog 2 (Iron Egg 2) four-legged robot dog also debuted, making up for the regret of the previous conference without a real machine demonstration. From the appearance point of view, iron egg 2 is indeed more "dog", the use of authentic design, the appearance is closer to a Doberman Pinscher, which greatly weakens the mechanical sense of the robot dog, and it is easier to make people feel close. The multi-degree of freedom mechanical structure makes its action more flexible and coordinated, based on the core components and AI algorithms independently developed by Xiaomi, Iron Egg 2 demonstrated realistic pulling, shaking hands, running and other actions on the spot.

04 Large model enabling, beautiful blueprint gradually come true

At present, the language interaction ability of humanoid robots has been greatly improved, which is mainly due to the rapid development of AI technology based on large language models.

ChatGPT, like a deep-water bomb, reshaped the ecology of the scientific and technological circle, indicating that artificial intelligence has entered a new stage of development. In this context, the robot industry will usher in new development opportunities, under the strong empowerment of AI, robots can perform more refined and complex tasks, and humanoid robots with independent learning and decision-making capabilities will become a new port.

The humanoid robot products at this exhibition have also enhanced the multi-modal human-computer interaction, which can not only recognize voice commands, but also understand non-verbal information such as gestures and touch, and carry out more natural and smooth communication with humans. For example, Youyou, the panda robot of Youbi, integrates a variety of perception methods such as voice and vision. When the user says "I am thirsty", it can not only understand the semantics, but also see the user's gesture to drink water, so "Youyou" will take the initiative to fetch water for the user. This form of multimodal interaction is closer to the interaction between people. In addition, the humanoid robot's "eye" and "ear" sensing capabilities are also improving: Pacini Perception Technology builds robot skin through self-developed multi-dimensional tactile sensors to achieve accurate perception of touch and proximity.

At present, the humanoid robot industry is in a transition stage from technology-driven to application-driven. With the continuous extension of application scenarios, and the further development of core technologies such as AI, the language and emotional ability of humanoid robots will be improved, and they will better understand and be considerate of human needs, and interactions will be richer and more lifelike. In the future, they are not only capable of more complex applications, but also will be more popular, truly integrated into the family, into thousands of households.

05 Humanoid Robots: Revolution is just in time

This year's World Robot Congress witnessed a boom in humanoid robots. Bionic shape, intelligent interaction, and flexible action all show that humanoid robots are reshaping people's "stereotype" of robots with a new look. But the road to large-scale application is still long and tortuous. At present, the industrialization of humanoid robots still faces multiple challenges such as technical bottlenecks, cost problems, and limited application scenarios, but as long as we adhere to the two-wheel drive of technological innovation and market expansion, and continue to obtain application feedback to promote product iteration, under the dual help of capital and policy, humanoid robots will ushered in their own "development spring".

Recently, humanoid robots have become an important direction of a new generation of information technology changes, which will inevitably give birth to new industrial forms and enrich human life. Of course, for the humanoid robot's "raging" road, we also need to maintain a rational and prudent attitude, blindly entering the game, will only "lose the wife and fold the soldiers."

Although the real large-scale application is still some time away, the horn of the humanoid robot revolution has already sounded, and then let's wait and hear the wind sing.