April 27, 2011 - Interface News reported today thatMideapublishedHumanoid Robots landing schedule. This May, its self-developed humanoid robot willOfficial entry into the washing machine factory in Jingzhou, Hubei, which is used in scenarios such as machine operation and maintenance, equipment inspection and handling; later this year, the U.S. humanoid robotWill be coming to offline storesIt is used for commercial guided tours, making coffee, and other scenarios.
1AI learned from the report that Xi Wei, director of the Institute of Intelligent Technology and Application of Midea's Central Research Institute and head of the Humanoid Robotics Innovation Center, revealed that this year, Midea mainly doFull humanoid and humanoid robot product iterationsThe problem is solved by product iteration.Battery Life, Data Acquisition and Simulation, Joint Lightweightingand other issues. It believes that the true industrialization of humanoid robots may3-5 more years.
At the same time, Midea is also promoting the strategy of robotization of home appliances, applying robotics and AI technology on the ground to products such as air conditioners, floor scrubbers, ovens, etc., for example, exploring the fusion of sweepers, scrubbers and robotic arm forms for innovation.
In March of this year, before the China Home Appliance and Consumer Electronics Expo, Wei Chang, vice president and CTO of the United States Group, said, "the United States to do humanoid robotics machine is not difficult, but the current product can really solve the user pain points difficult applications, the challenge is still a lot, but also in the deep digging application scenarios."