Chinese tech companies showcased their recently built humanoid robots at the World Robot Conference 2024, which got underway in Beijing on August 21, 2024. Attendees, both domestically and internationally, were treated to an astounding demonstration of cutting-edge capabilities.
During this year’s conference, humanoid robots maintained their prominent position by enticing attendees with walking, hurdling, and dancing routines in the display areas. Everywhere the humanoid robots walked, big groups of people were filming and taking pictures of them.
While noting that China still offers an open platform for industrial cooperation through the robot conference, visitors expressed their strong admiration for the rapid development of China’s robotics sector.
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The “Tiangong” humanoid robot, which displayed amazing new abilities including dancing, bowing, and voice-guided object handling, was one of the main attractions.
Leju Robotics, a Shenzhen-based company, has introduced its newest service—a humanoid robot that can cook, produce juice, and sort objects. It also has humanoid robots for industrial uses, such as carrying large objects.
Leju is collaborating with Huawei and making use of its expansive Pangu artificial intelligence (AI) model to finish duties like sorting, cooking, and handling. He said that the quick development of large model task planning capabilities is what makes humanoid robots competitive.
UBTECH, a different Chinese robotics company, demonstrated the use of humanoid robots in auto assembly lines. AI-powered robots are capable of handling parts, sorting them, and doing quality testing.
A UBTECH spokesman stated, “We have now deployed our humanoids to the car manufacturing lines of Nio, Geely, and the FAW Group’s plant in Qingdao.”
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According to Brad Nelson, an ETH Zurich professor of robotics and intelligent systems, the conference offers a face-to-face opportunity for some of the world’s best robotics researchers to interact in person in Beijing.
Nelson expressed his admiration for China’s supply network and manufacturing prowess, noting that these are difficult to replicate, even in certain developed nations.
China is the world’s largest manufacturing hub and has implemented a huge number of automated production processes, according to Marina Bill, president of the International Federation of Robotics and head of marketing and sales at ABB Robotics, who made this statement to the Global Times on Wednesday during the conference. The industry has been significantly impacted by this tendency, particularly in terms of how it is used and developed.
She added that China has integrated AI with robots and consistently created new application scenarios, making it one of the first nations to offer AI as a national development strategy. AI will also continue to deliver new opportunities to the world and the robotics sector, she said.
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According to a resolution adopted by the third plenary session of the 20th Communist Party of China Central Committee on further deepening reform comprehensively to advance Chinese modernization, China will improve policy and governance systems for promoting the development of strategic industries like next-generation information technology, AI, aviation and aerospace, new energy, new materials, high-end equipment, biomedicine, and quantum technology.
The country will also steer emerging industries toward sound and orderly development. These measures are intended to foster the growth of new, high-quality labor forces.
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