Recently, Beijing Economic and Technological Development Zone (Beijing Yizhuang) released the first batch of artificial intelligence demonstration application scenarios, inviting enterprises to build a “city of artificial intelligence”, the field of humanoid robots is one of the directions. This year, the humanoid robot headquarters will be landed in Beijing Yizhuang, is accelerating the commercialization of the landing process, following the promotion of the industrial version of the humanoid robot Walker S into the second advanced manufacturing base of Weilai assembly workshop “work”, and Dongfeng Liuqi signed a contract, not long ago and FAW-Volkswagen cooperation to create humanoid robot car super unmanned factory application. With the blessing of AI, how will humanoid robots enable the transformation and upgrading of the automotive manufacturing industry?

FBM201 RH914SQ Humanoid robots, ‘new workers’ in AI era

In the final assembly workshop of WEilai’s second advanced manufacturing base (hereinafter referred to as “Weilai Workshop”), production line workers welcomed a new colleague – Walker S, 1.7 meters tall, which is the world’s first humanoid robot in the automotive factory assembly line and human collaboration to complete automotive assembly and quality inspection operations.

After the field “training”, Walker S completed the door lock quality inspection, rear lamp cover plate quality inspection, seat belt testing, high-precision and flexible labeling work. “Compared to other robots, the humanoid robot’s intelligence and flexible operation ability is worth looking forward to, especially in the final assembly, which has become the main scene of Walker S’s first ‘practical training’.” Zhou Jian, chairman of the board of directors, executive director and chief executive officer of Youbi, said that all along, Youbi has focused on the three application scenarios of humanoid robots such as industrial manufacturing, commercial services and family accompany, among which, intelligent manufacturing will become the first large-scale application field of humanoid robots, humanoid robots will redefine the workers in the AI era, and free people from repetitive labor.

FBM201 RH914SQ From the perspective of industrial transformation and upgrading needs, humanoid robots also have their advantages as “new workers” in the AI era. The automotive industry is not only large, but also one of the most automated industries, and the willingness to introduce humanoid robots is relatively strong. The appearance ratio of humanoid robots is more like people, which is suitable for manufacturing products designed according to the characteristics of human activities, so it is easier to meet the customized and personalized needs of the market side.