In the midsummer of 2024, the global technology community is focusing on Shanghai, where a highly anticipated technology event is being held - the 2024 World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC 2024). This conference is not only a showcase for the latest technological achievements in the field of artificial intelligence, but also a high-end platform for global scientific and technological thought exchanges. In July, Shanghai, with its unique charm, welcomed technology leaders, industry experts and innovative companies from all over the world. At this important time point, humanoid robots, as one of the highlights of the conference, attracted the attention of countless visitors. China Exportsemi web has sorted out and reviewed the humanoid robots exhibited at the 2024 World Artificial Intelligence Conference for you, from technical details to application prospects, and conducted a comprehensive review.
The 2024 World Artificial Intelligence Conference was held at the Shanghai World Expo Center and related venues from July 4 to 7. With the theme of "Intelligently Connecting the World, Innovation Leading the Future", the conference focuses on the latest developments and future trends of artificial intelligence. Through a series of high-end forums, keynote speeches, exhibitions and interactive experiences, the conference fully demonstrated the application potential of AI technology in different fields and its profound impact on society.
Healthy Loong Robot from Humanoid Robot (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
"Healthy Loong" is the first full-size open-source general-purpose humanoid robot in China. With a height of 182 cm and a weight of 82 kg, it integrates 43 active degrees of freedom and demonstrates excellent flexibility and coordination. It has the functions of fast walking, obstacle avoidance, uphill and downhill, and anti-impact interference, as well as the 400Tops high-computing embodied intelligent controller, which achieves a high degree of autonomous decision-making and control capabilities. "Healthy Loong" five-fingered dexterous hands and advanced tactile sensing technology enable it to perform fine operations such as grabbing and stacking objects. At the same time, its open-source technology strategy indicates that it will play an important role in multiple fields such as intelligent manufacturing and service industries, promote the sharing, iteration and industrialization of humanoid robot technology, and contribute to the development of the intelligent industry in China and even the world.
Figure 1: Healthy Loong, China's first open-source general-purpose humanoid robot, debuts at WAIC 2024
Tesla Optimus II Robot
The Tesla Optimus II robot, with its advanced motor drive technology and 40 highly flexible actuators, demonstrates a breakthrough in humanoid robots in fine operations and movement capabilities. Optimus is designed to achieve mass production, with an estimated price of about $20,000, and is expected to be widely used in industrial and household scenarios in the next 3-5 years.
Figure 2: Tesla Optimus second-generation robot unveiled at WAIC 2024
Boston Dynamics Atlas
Boston Dynamics' Atlas robot demonstrates excellent motion performance and highly complex autonomous behavior with its electro-hydraulic hybrid drive system. Despite its high cost, Atlas still has broad application prospects in industry and scientific research, and its technical strength and innovation capabilities have set a benchmark for the development of humanoid robots.
Dahua Robotics
The XR4 "Seven Fairies" Xiao Zi exhibited by Dahua at the conference has become a rising star in the field of humanoid robots with its highly bionic mechanical structure and more than 50 intelligent flexible joints. XR4 has demonstrated cutting-edge technical strength in simulation learning, digital twin reinforcement learning, etc., heralding Dahua's important progress in the commercialization of humanoid robots.
Figure 3: XR4 "Seven Fairies" Xiao Zi exhibited by Dahua at the WAIC 2024 Conference
Unitree Technology H1
The H1 humanoid robot of Unitree Technology has become the representative of domestic humanoid robots with its light and steady walking posture and excellent balance ability. The peak torque of the leg joint motor of the H1 robot reaches 360Nm. It has now achieved small-scale mass production and is priced at about US$90,000, demonstrating the rapid development of domestic humanoid robot technology.
Other exhibited humanoid robots
The 2024 World Artificial Intelligence Conference exhibited more than 20 humanoid robots, each of which demonstrated the diversity and innovative vitality of the humanoid robot field with its unique technology and application scenarios. From home services to industrial applications, from education and entertainment to scientific research and exploration, humanoid robots are gradually entering all aspects of human life.
The core technologies of humanoid robots include drive systems, control systems, actuators and sensor systems. The motor drive solution has become the mainstream choice due to its cost-effectiveness and stability, while the hydraulic drive faces commercialization challenges due to its high cost and maintenance difficulty. In the future, the development of humanoid robots will pay more attention to hardware optimization, software intelligence and adaptability to multiple scenarios.
With the continuous advancement of technology and the gradual maturity of the market, humanoid robots are expected to achieve wider commercial applications and large-scale production in the future. The improvement of motor torque, the reuse of perception capabilities and the application of large model technology will become important directions to promote the development of humanoid robots.
In general, the humanoid robot inventory at the 2024 World Artificial Intelligence Conference not only shows the latest achievements in this field, but also depicts a grand blueprint for the development of humanoid robot technology. With the continuous breakthroughs in artificial intelligence technology and the continuous emergence of innovative applications, the era of humanoid robots is quietly coming, and they will open a new chapter in human life with unprecedented intelligence and flexibility.
