Looking forward to humanoid robots becoming good helpers
2024-09-02
Humanoid robots, common characters in science fiction works, shone brightly at the just concluded 2024 World Robot Conference. Dancing, composing poetry, serving coffee, folding clothes... At the Robot Conference, 27 humanoid robots competed on the same stage, which was a feast for the eyes and filled many visitors with anticipation. In fact, the multitude of eye-catching humanoid robots today is not a new thing. As early as 1973, a team from Waseda University in Japan developed the world's first humanoid intelligent robot, ABOT-1. This life sized creature, like humans, has two hands and two legs. It can walk on both feet, grasp and move objects with its hands, and engage in simple conversations. However, half a century has passed and humanoid robots have not yet achieved large-scale commercial use. Looking ahead to the future, how many challenges do humanoid robots need to overcome before entering thousands of households? One is functional shutdown. From being able to walk to being a good helper, consumers need mature and stable humanoid robot products. This requires humanoid robots not only to "look like humans" and act like humans, but also to be "god like" humans, that is, to emulate humans in understanding, expression, thinking, and other aspects. What is the current level of humanoid robots that resemble humans? Industry insiders have pointed out that the sensitivity and completion rate of some humanoid robots are only about 20% of human capabilities. From the perspective of technological progress, humanoid robots are currently in a critical stage of accelerating from the laboratory to industrialization. Although significant progress has been made in some key technological fields, there are still a series of technical challenges that urgently need to be overcome. For example, in terms of energy consumption, a typical humanoid robot can maintain a standby state for 5 to 8 hours, but if it walks upright, it can only last for 2 to 3 hours and cannot be used for a long time. For example, in terms of athletic ability, although some humanoid robots can successfully go up and down hills, and even run, their movements are still slow and stiff, unable to be as natural and smooth as humans. And these are the technical challenges that humanoid robots, which are still in the growth stage, urgently need to solve, and they are also important factors that determine whether consumers will ultimately pay for them. The other is price control. No matter how cool the appearance of humanoid robots is, for the vast majority of consumers, being cheap, easy to use, and capable of working is the truth. The H1 humanoid robot from Yushu Technology is priced at about 650000 yuan, the "Kuafu" humanoid robot is priced at 600000 to 800000 yuan, and the average selling price of the Walker series is about 5.988 million yuan... Due to various factors such as high-end components, raw materials, research and development, and production scale, the production cost of humanoid robots is currently high, with prices generally ranging from tens of thousands to millions of yuan. The combination of high prices and relatively limited usage scenarios makes humanoid robots clearly lack sufficient appeal to consumers. In the future, whoever can achieve mass production on a large scale and reduce costs to a reasonable range acceptable to the public will master the consumption code of humanoid robots. At present, the commercial use of humanoid robots is in its early stages. However, it should be noted that China's rich industrial ecology and consumption scenarios, vast market space, and the empowerment of technologies such as large models provide strong support for humanoid robots to accelerate their running. We believe that with the gradual overcoming of technological bottlenecks, the continuous improvement of the industrial chain, and favorable policies, the entry of humanoid robots into people's lives will no longer be far away. (New Society)
Edit：Xiong Dafei Responsible editor：Li Xiang
Source：XinHuaNet
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