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It only takes two and a half minutes to make a set of mouth-watering pancakes; just scan the code, and the wheeled robot can not only deliver the corresponding items, but also help sort the garbage; just input an algorithm, and the robot that usually works on the assembly line can also play Gobang with children. At the 2024 World Robot Conference, robots that are closely related to life are also the focus of visitors.

Visitors are eager to experience the pancake-making robot. Photo by reporter Chang Ming

The first pancake-making robot equipped with AI

If we talk about the most popular robot at the 2024 World Robot Conference, the pancake robot brought by Jiubing Robot (Beijing) Co., Ltd. is definitely one of them.

This robot is the same size as the vending machines you see every day. The production area consists of a pancake maker and two robotic arms. As the process of making pancakes changes, the larger robotic arm will replace the spatula, clamps and other tools; while the other robotic arm is responsible for applying sauce and egg liquid on the pancakes. In just two and a half minutes, a set of steaming pancakes is ready. From the screen on the other side of the robot, you can see that the visitors want to experience the robot's craftsmanship. When it is most popular, you have to wait for half an hour to eat it.

If you want the robot to make pancakes, you just need to scan the QR code on the side. This robot not only has two types of pancakes: ordinary pancakes and pancakes with ham, but also allows you to choose spicy or non-spicy, one egg or two eggs, etc.

Wang Shuai, marketing director of Jiubing Robot (Beijing) Co., Ltd., said that this pancake robot is the first catering robot in the industry to use AI to make and sell pancakes. "Traditional catering robots cannot provide choices, but this robot can choose the flavor and the number of eggs, which is rare among catering robots."

Wang Shuai introduced that this robot is positioned as a convenient catering service, and is mainly deployed in low-density residential communities, blue-collar communities, and other places. It can also be deployed in shopping malls and office buildings. "Currently, Beijing has deployed nearly 100 locations, and it is expected to reach 500 by the end of the year."

The little robot can deliver everything

In the interactive experience area of ​​the Yunji Technology booth, delivery robots are busy. Scan the "Have some snacks" QR code on the booth, and a wheeled robot carrying a snack rack will come over for visitors to choose snacks from; scan the "Don't litter" QR code, and a wheeled robot will crawl under the trash can next to it and move with the trash can on its back.

This movable base is the newly upgraded composite polymorphic robot "up" of Yunji Technology. "Up" means upward, and the characteristics of this robot are self-learning and continuous updating. According to Yunji Technology staff, the sensors, vision system, navigation system, movement and walking, and cabin application system of "up" all have the shadow of its self-learning.

"It has three biggest advantages," said a staff member. "The first is that it can use tools. As long as you tell it what you need, it can accurately find the tools you need to provide you with services. The second is that it can reason. It can understand what humans mean and execute autonomously. For example, it can understand thirst and deliver water autonomously without the explicit command of 'help me get water'. The third is group intelligent collaboration. For example, there are only two robots now. If you give them eight commands at the same time, they can distinguish which one to execute first and work in an orderly manner in the same space."

This robot has been used in many hotels across the country and has cooperated with food delivery platforms. When guests order food, they can enter their room number to enjoy the robot's door-to-door delivery service and view the robot's delivery progress in real time on the platform. "In the past, our mobile phones would only show 'delivered', but now it will show 'the food is being delivered by the robot', and the room TV will also show when the robot has arrived at the door; in addition, the "up" can also carry a robotic arm to grab food, opening up the 'last 100 meters' of indoor delivery, providing more convenience for people with limited mobility." said the staff.

Not only that, the split design allows "up" to perform different jobs "24 hours a day, 7 days a week". When not delivering food, it can be a medicine box, a sweeper, an air purifier, and a mobile power bank, maximizing the use of its functions.

Calligraphy-writing robots are expected to be commercialized this year

Calligraphy at 11 o'clock, Yangqin at 12 o'clock, Wing Chun at 13 o'clock... Such advertisements attracted many people in front of the Stardust Intelligent booth. What is even more shocking is that all these traditional cultures are performed by a robot.

The staff spread rice paper in front of the robot and put the brush into its mechanical arm. The robot dipped the brush into ink and wrote the word "China" on the rice paper in front of it. "This robot learned the techniques of many famous calligraphers and finally formed its current state. The speed at which it writes two words is the same as that of a normal person," said a staff member of Stardust Intelligence.

This robot is called Astribot S1, which is a new generation of AI robot assistant officially released by Stardust Intelligence. It is said that S1 is committed to understanding and making decisions like humans, interacting with people smoothly, and can continuously learn and evolve through interaction with the real world, constantly improving its intelligence and multi-task generalization capabilities, and is expected to gradually achieve general artificial intelligence in the future.

The S1 product relies on the AI-oriented hardware and software integrated system architecture independently developed by Stardust Intelligence, which strongly couples "AI intelligence" with "the strongest operation", making the robot highly human-like and able to learn, think and work like humans, interact with humans smoothly and intelligently, use human tools and equipment, and help people complete boring, difficult or dangerous tasks, laying the foundation for intelligent technology and core technological advantages.

The reporter learned that the S1 has a "high-value upper body and a landable lower body" and can be used in a wide range of scenarios such as scientific research, business and home. Its key components are self-developed, with obvious cost advantages, and it is expected to be commercialized in 2024.

Source: Beijing Urban Sub-Center News

Reporter: Zhang Qunchen

Process Editor: U022