shenzhen special zone daily: intelligent robots accelerate their evolution
2024-09-19
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with voice conversation, the robot can accurately pick up items on the table; with input commands, the robot's dexterous hands can move freely like human hands...recently, reporters visited several robot companies in shenzhen, and saw scenes full of technology and futuristic sense. in the field of intelligent robots, shenzhen companies are making great efforts to innovate and continuously achieve innovative breakthroughs in the rapid iteration of technology.
tapping into core technologies to build independent competitiveness
in the hetao shenzhen-hong kong science and technology innovation cooperation zone, a group of robot enthusiasts with strong r&d backgrounds jointly established a company - daimeng robotics.
developing intelligent robots that can work side by side with humans involves a whole set of complex technical systems. although it was founded only three years ago, daimeng has released its first dexterous humanoid robot this year, which can complete many different tasks such as soldering circuit boards, dripping reagents, and ironing clothes.
the reporter saw that the dexterous hand independently developed by daimeng robotics has achieved the same size as a human hand, and all five finger joints can be flexibly bent. du yipai, the company's tactile sensor technology leader, said that intelligent robots need ai technology training and empowerment, and delicate work cannot be achieved without dexterous hands equipped with high-precision tactile sensors. the five-finger dexterous hand they independently developed has 15 degrees of freedom and 20 motion joints. combined with a hybrid control algorithm, it can simulate human hands to achieve precise grasping operations.
the robot's dexterous hands can move freely thanks to the micro-motors inside the knuckles. located in bao'an, zhaowei electromechanical is a leading company in china's micro-drive systems. with years of technological accumulation, the company has become an important upstream supplier for intelligent robot companies.
"dexterous hands are important components for improving the intelligence level of robots. the free movement of the finger joints requires a small but powerful motor to provide a power source. at present, our independently developed high-torque dc motors and brushless hollow cup motors have formed a series of products and have been successfully used in the fields of automobiles, medical care, and humanoid robots." yang chaolin, deputy director of zhaowei mechatronics robot transmission r&d center, said that the company is carrying out research and development of 4mm diameter brushless hollow cup motors to break through foreign technical barriers; 8mm permanent magnet stepper motors have achieved automated mass production, and are also actively deploying more challenging 3.4mm and 4.4mm products.
robot application scenarios go from street to factory
shenzhen enterprises have formed synergy through industrial chain collaboration by connecting upstream and downstream production. in shenzhen, robots have entered factories and shopping malls, and intelligent technology has become tangible and within reach.
in the bustling business district of shenzhen, you can often see unmanned coffee stations. consumers only need to tap the screen with their fingers to get delicious coffee made by a "robot barista" in a few moments.
as a leading domestic collaborative robot company, shenzhen-based yuejiang technology is the developer and manufacturer of coffee robots. "after years of research and development, yuejiang technology has acquired the technical strength to independently develop collaborative robots in all fields. the intelligentization of its independently developed technologies such as control systems, sensing technologies, and ai algorithms has reached the international leading level," said xie kaixuan, marketing director of yuejiang robotics.
if the coffee robot is just a small test of the application scenario, humanoid robots are accelerating their "evolution" and have already entered factories to work.
in july this year, ubtech's industrial humanoid robot walker s lite entered geely's zeekr 5g smart factory for "practical training", collaborating with employees to perform handling tasks at the loading and unloading station. the company independently developed a humanoid arm that comprehensively uses topology optimization, size optimization and other structural lightweight technologies. equipped with high-performance servo drives and six-dimensional force sensors, walker s lite can carry 15 kg boxes and walk stably.
ubtech's industrial version of the humanoid robot walker s
solid industrial foundation opens up room for growth
with breakthroughs in core technologies and continuous expansion of application scenarios, shenzhen's robotics industry has laid a solid foundation and is gradually becoming a new growth pole for industrial development.
data shows that in the first half of this year, the added value of shenzhen's robot industry cluster increased by 10.2% year-on-year, and the number of related enterprises reached 3,899. among them, there are 607 core enterprises, 34 listed companies, and 34 national-level specialized and innovative "little giant" enterprises.
in terms of industrial space, shenzhen's robotics industry is clustered in the hetao shenzhen-hong kong cooperation industrial park in futian district, nanshan zhiyuan in nanshan district, huafeng international robotics industrial park in bao'an district, and yinxing industrial park in longhua district. in the sub-sectors of core components, industrial robots, service robots, and humanoid robots, shenzhen companies have established advantages, with key companies such as inovance, yuejiang technology, whale cloud, ubtech, and pasini, forming a complete industrial ecosystem.
industry insiders said that with the rapid development of cutting-edge technologies such as artificial intelligence, robots can be applied in more and more fields, and there is room for future development worth looking forward to.
"robots are already able to participate in tasks that originally required manual operation. through multimodal perception and learning, they have been used in power battery disassembly, medical surgery, agricultural harvesting and other fields." ding ning, executive vice president of shenzhen institute of artificial intelligence and robotics, said, "in the future, there is still a lot of room for improving the flexibility of robots. we can improve the intelligence of robot dexterous hands by developing adaptive systems, applying high-performance materials, and configuring precise tactile and force sensors. we can also develop embodied intelligence to enhance the robot's ability to interact with the physical environment."
(shenzhen special zone daily reporter xiong ziheng)
