From the technological breakthrough of new soft robots, to the practical application of industrial humanoid robots in automobile production, to the gradual advancement of mass production plans, the robot industry is achieving technological innovation, application expansion and market breakthroughs. These advances are interrelated and progressive, and the recent robot industry is also in full swing in development, with technological innovation and market demand driven by two wheels, and broad prospects. The following are some of the recent significant progress made in the robot industry collected by the editor of China Exportsemi:
Technological innovation is the core driving force for the development of the robot industry. The School of Engineering of Seoul National University in South Korea recently announced the successful development of a liquid-based next-generation soft robot. The robot mimics the properties of living biological cells, such as transformation, isolation, fusion, and the ability to capture foreign bodies. By encapsulating an unusually dense layer of hydrophobic particles, this new pellet-armored liquid robot overcomes the dilemma of balancing structural stability and deformation ability of traditional soft robots. This innovative design enables the robot to recover its original state under extreme conditions, and has the ability to cross metal obstacles, capture and transport foreign objects and other difficult actions, opening a new door for its application in special fields such as biomedicine, exploration and rescue.
With the continuous breakthrough of technology, the application of robots in the industrial field is also becoming more and more deep. Audi FAW New Energy Automobile Co., Ltd. has introduced UBTECH's industrial humanoid robot Walker S1 at its Changchun production base to perform air conditioning leak detection tasks. The Walker S1 is connected to the detector through a customized end effector, and uses core control technologies such as learning-based whole-body motion control technology and visual servo dexterous operation to achieve millimeter-level operation accuracy and fast visual recognition, which greatly improves the detection efficiency and accuracy. This application marks the expansion of humanoid robots in industrial production from basic handling tasks to complex tasks such as high-precision detection, and meets the needs of industrial production for intelligent and refined operation capabilities of robots.
Pictured: Audi FAW deploys UBTECH's industrial humanoid robot Walker S1 on its production line for the first time
The maturity of technology and the expansion of application have created favorable conditions for the mass production and marketing of humanoid robots. The opening of the country's first heterogeneous humanoid robot training ground provides strong support for the research and development and training of robots, so that the performance and functions of the robot are continuously optimized. The positive progress of many companies in product research and development and application scenario creation has also laid a solid foundation for the mass production of humanoid robots. For example, the intelligent basic operation model planned to be released in July will provide a platform for downstream enterprises to develop more targeted application products according to the specific needs of different industries, so as to accelerate the application of humanoid robots in manufacturing, service and other fields. This move reflects the key transformation of the robot industry from R&D to industrialization, and indicates the gradual formation of an emerging market.
From the breakthrough of liquid-based soft robot technology, to the application practice of industrial humanoid robots in automobile production, to the arrival of the first year of mass production of humanoid robots, the robot industry has been driven by technological innovation to continuously expand the application boundaries and gradually realize the scale of the market. From the cutting-edge research of the laboratory to the practical application of industrial production, and then to the promotion of commercial mass production, the development of the robot industry reflects the trend of deep integration of science and technology and industry. "Humans of the future may not be humans of today", and the trend of the coordinated development of humans and robots is unstoppable. The robot industry is also expected to achieve breakthroughs in more fields and become an important force to promote economic and social development.
