Recently, there has been a lot of good news in the humanoid robot industry. It is learned that on November 13, Xiaopeng Motors ($XPEV) launched a new AI robot Iron.
Iron adopts a humanoid structure design, with a height of 178cm, a weight of 70kg, and 62 active degrees of freedom; its “brain” uses the Turing AI chip, which can think and remember like a human, while also allowing its hands and feet to move autonomously. Its hands also adopt a 1:1 human hand size and have 15 degrees of freedom.
Xiaopeng Motors said that the robot has the same origin as the intelligent driving system and adopts the Eagle Eye vision system on AI cars, which can see the world without blind spots. It also uses end-to-end large models and reinforcement learning algorithms to give the robot’s walking capabilities like driving.
Humanoid robots are accelerating their introduction
Nowadays, robots have long “jumped out” of technology-related exhibition areas and booths, and their practical applications are flourishing everywhere. Robots of various forms are widely used in complex scenarios such as guiding, distribution, logistics, education, entertainment, medical care, and industry, providing services to ordinary consumers and corporate users.
Not long ago, Musk predicted again at the Saudi Investment Initiative Forum (FII) that by 2040, the number of robots will exceed that of humans, with at least 10 billion robots in use, each priced between $20,000 and $25,000. The beautiful blueprint has effectively raised the market’s expectations for humanoid robots.
In terms of the actual industry situation, since 2024, many listed companies have directly and indirectly entered the humanoid robot sector by opening humanoid robot businesses, investing in humanoid robot industry chain companies, or conducting cooperative research and development with humanoid companies, and these companies generally have excellent performance.
The trend of the humanoid robot industry is clear, and the industry is currently entering an important breakthrough stage of “from 0 to 1”. It is worth mentioning that since this year, many humanoid robot complete machine companies have also been hot in financing. According to incomplete statistics, in the first half of this year, the amount of financing in the global humanoid robot field has exceeded 7 billion yuan, exceeding the amount of financing for the whole year of 2023.
WiMi AI Robot Creates Powerful Momentum
At present, the humanoid robot industry is facing unprecedented development opportunities. As an important support for promoting the high-quality development of the manufacturing industry, intelligent robot technology has become a key force in leading the digital transformation of the industry. According to data, WiMi Hologram Cloud Inc. (NASDAQ: WIMI), as the world’s leading AI robot company, provides market users with customized robot solutions through technological innovation and close cooperation to meet the diverse needs of customers.
Robots are one of the important growth tracks in the future. WiMi Hologram accurately grasps the trend of the times and accelerates the entry of AI robots into human life. Considering that in order to seize the new track of humanoid robots, it is necessary to open up the entire chain and establish an ecosystem. WiMi Hologram takes AI robot complete machine products as a breakthrough point, supports the establishment of an innovative R&D center, integrates into the AI robot complete machine manufacturing industry chain, accelerates the launch of complete robots, and further moves towards commercial applications.
Conclusion
Humanoid robots are not a new topic. We are currently on the eve of mass production of humanoid robots. However, this does not mean that humanoid robots can quickly enter thousands of households. For the entire industry, it may take another 5 to 10 years for humanoid robots to fully enter the home scene, just like smartphones in the past, which still need to be continuously iterated. Therefore, in the future, related companies still need to continue technological innovation and use technology to bring a better travel life to more people.
