The final destination of a humanoid robot？
Recently, humanoid robots have set off a wave of global technological competition, and robots from various countries have shown their own skills. In today's era of AI, the emergence and progress of robots bring not only the concern about unemployment, but also the thinking of human beings. Where should humanoid robots be used?
The Boston Power Atlas humanoid robot is currently in a critical stage of industrial exploration to commercial application. Its latest iteration version realizes more precise joint control and autonomous standing function through the electric drive system, and the AI visual algorithm can complete industrial operations such as engine cover handling and equipment sorting. The video released on the Boston official website shows that Atlas can already jump and somersault on the slope, and its legs are relatively flexible. If applied in the industrial field, it is relatively operable, but it cannot find the flexibility of its hands, so it is still a great one The space for progress
American robot company Figure AI released a video of its humanoid robot sorting express delivery. In the picture, the robot has flexible hands and can accurately sort express delivery to the right position, which gives a great opportunity for the logistics center in the future, which shows that more jobs can be replaced by artificial intelligence. However, if the humanoid robot is only used for sorting express delivery, it is overqualified, just a double foot, its cost is much larger than the wheeled robot, then what is the significance of designing the legs? In fact, the feet are to better achieve the collaboration between robots, so that two robots even Multiple robots can perform a more detailed division of labor to achieve better results.
When it comes to China's Yushu robot will inevitably think of "backflip", "Chinese kung fu" and other pronoun. The main characteristic of the Yushu humanoid robot is that the balance is so strong that you can keep the balance, but the flexibility of its hands is not high. Although it can achieve simple movements such as shaking hands and delivering plastic bags, the fingers can not achieve the goal of "humanoid", let alone surpass human beings. His dancing and kung fu skills can mainly be mainly applied to the stage, which is very attractive.
With all that talk, where will the humanoid robots end up going? According to social media comments, most people want to produce a robot for the elderly, and yes, perhaps the biggest use of a humanoid robot is housekeeping. However, there is a problem with housekeeping robots, that is, if you take care of the elderly with mobility difficulties, the flexibility and agility of the opponent are very high, and the body needs some softness. If a humanoid robot is just a large, remotely controlled toy, it will be less useful. I think the immediate need is to address humanoid robots Only with a rapid interaction system, can the humanoid robot better deal with various emergencies, so that it can put him and the elderly together more confidently.
In fact, I have a bold idea, as we all know that every robot company focuses on a field of humanoid robots. If the algorithm of Ameca's facial expression is combined with Sophia's super communication algorithm, and then integrate the action algorithm of Engine and Unitree, and finally with the dexterous hands of Figure AI family, a humanoid robot is born!
