In recent years, humanoid robots have received a lot of attention from all aspects, especially since last year, more and more capital has been invested in this field. Recently, Song Xiaogang, secretary-general of the China Machinery Industry Federation and executive director of the Robot Branch, told the reporter of China Electronics News that in the face of the current boom in the development of humanoid robots, he felt “mixed feelings” : The upsurge in accelerating the progress of technology and industrial development at the same time, it is also possible to cause excessive speculation on the industry, the enterprises should be vigilant about this, to adhere to the scene needs as a driver, so that humanoid robots to solve the actual problems in human production and life.

500CPU05 1MRB150081R1/E Song Xiaogang said that in recent years, governments at all levels have issued relevant policies to promote the development of the humanoid robot industry, and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has issued the Notice on organizing the Future Industrial Innovation Task Unveiling in 2023, and the Guidance on the Innovation and Development of Humanoid Robots in 2023. This year, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and other seven departments issued the “Implementation Opinions on Promoting the development of future industrial innovation”, focusing on the high-quality development of the humanoid robot industry. In addition, Shandong Province, Shenzhen, Hubei Province, Beijing, Shanghai and other places have issued industrial policies, and have established humanoid robot innovation centers to encourage the development of humanoid robot industry.

Against this background, China’s humanoid robot enterprises and products have emerged rapidly – Youbi, Leju, Iron Man Technology, Fourier Intelligence, Yushu Technology, Tiantai robot, Chase technology, he robot, Huahui intelligence, Star moving era, Zhuji power, intelligent robot, Kepler, millet, Xiaopeng and other related companies have laid out humanoid robot track or released humanoid robot products.

“The humanoid robot that has been launched can jump and jump, which is really attractive, but we still have to stick to the application-oriented.” Song Xiaogang stressed that the development of the humanoid robot industry is not to research and develop a humanoid robot as the goal, but to be oriented to application needs, humanoid robots need to solve practical problems.

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Last year, the “Humanoid Robot Innovation and Development Guidance” issued by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has made clear the key direction of breakthroughs in key technologies, including the robot “brain”, “cerebellum”, robot limb, machine body and other key technology groups. At the same time, the “humanoid robot Innovation and Development Guidance” also makes it clear that it is necessary to expand the application of scenarios, such as creating typical scenes in manufacturing, accelerating the promotion of people’s livelihood and key industries.

500CPU05 1MRB150081R1/E In the past two years, with the launch of Tesla’s “Optimus Prime” humanoid robot, companies in the Internet, automotive, home appliances and other fields have invested in the layout of the humanoid robot track. Song Xiaogang said in response to a reporter’s question from China Electronics News that the current boom in the development of humanoid robots can be described as mixed. On the one hand, the attention of society and capital will indeed accelerate the progress of technology and the development of industry. On the other hand, we should also be wary of excessive speculation on the industry and the negative effect on the humanoid robot industry.” “We still need to adhere to scenario-driven needs and solve practical problems in human production and life,” he said.

Song Xiaogang also stressed that the development of humanoid robots should pay attention to the coordination of the “brain”, “cerebellum” and limbs, and the current development of generative artificial intelligence technology is changing with each passing day, improving the thinking ability of the humanoid robot “brain”, but it is also necessary to pay attention to the execution ability of the limbs to match it. “After all, humanoid robots need not only smart brains to make decisions, but also developed limbs to perform actual actions to complete specific tasks.” ‘he explained.

For how to promote the high-quality development of China’s robot industry, Song Xiaogang pointed out that on the one hand, we should give play to the advantages of China’s market and system, strengthen the coordination and cooperation between departments, industrial chains and industries, in order to meet the needs of industrial applications as a guide, and promote the collaborative innovation of industrial chain with application; On the other hand, we should pay attention to strengthening the integration and innovation of emerging technologies such as new generation information technology and artificial intelligence, strengthening weaknesses, attacking high-end, expanding the market, improving market share and high-end product supply capacity, developing towards high-end and intelligent development, achieving from “have” to “excellent”, and moving towards high-quality development.