Will a humanoid win racing to develop a robot?

I am on my way to meet a radiant spring morning and a robot in Germany.

In Hannover Messe, which is one of the largest industrial trades in the world, I have invited G1, SIMTREE Messe built by China.

About 4’3 “(130 cm), G1 is smaller and more favorable than other humanoid robots in the market and has so high liquid and dance numbers and have agility degrees and agility Martial art went to viral.

Today G1, UNITREE Sales Mender, Pedro Zheng is remotely controlled.

He explains that customers should program every G1 for autonomous functions.

Those passers and actively try to deal with G1 impossible to say that it is displayed in the Mavernous Conference Hall for many other cars.

They apologize to the g1 waves or backwards, when they are combined, when they are united, when they combine the G1 waves or back to make the sudden movements, sudden movements to see. There is something about human shape, as well as it makes people comfortable.

Unitree is one of the companies that develop robots in the world in the world.

Potential is great – a labor force promises to avoid holidays or salaries for work.

It can also be basic home appliances. After all, do not want a machine that can do laundry and collect dishwasher.

But technology is still a way. Although robotic weapons and mobile robots are spread in factories and warehouses in decades, the conditions in these workplaces can be monitored and employees can be kept safe.

It is a more difficult problem to present a humanoid robot to an environment less predicted as a restaurant or a home.

Useful humanoid robots should have been strong to be, but it makes them potentially dangerous – it can be dangerous to just fall in the wrong time.

It is necessary to do so much work in artificial intelligence that will drive such a car.

“AI not just a moment of progress,” he said.

“Today’s robot finds AI, key logic and reasoning – something like to understand and complete complex tasks – a problem,” he said.

Currently, their G1 is sold in research facilities and technological companies that can use Unitree’s open source program for development.

Currently, entrepreneurs focus on humanoid robots for warehouses and factories.

The highest profile of them is Elon Musk. His car company develops a humanoid robot called Tesla, Optimus. In January he said This year, “Several thousand” will be built and waiting for “useful things” in Tesla factories.

Other karmakers also watch a similar way. Bmw Humanoid robots recently recognized To the US factory. Meanwhile, South Korean car company Hyundai He ordered tens of thousands Robots from Boston Dynamics, the robot firm received in 2021.

The founder of the research company Thomas Andersson, 49 companies developing the humanoid robot – two levers and legs. If you expand the definition for two-hand robots, but if you speed themselves on the wheels, more than 100 firms are looking.

Mr. Andersson considers Chinese companies dominate the market.

“All ecosystems for supply chain and robotics are giant in China and repeat developments and are really easy to make ar-ge (research and development).

Unitree emphasizes the advantage – its G1 is a cheap (for robot) of US $ 16,000 (12,500 pounds).

In addition, Mr. Andersson, the investment supports Asian peoples.

Stig notes in the final report This was increased by attracting about 60% of all finances to humanoid robots in Asia, in Asia.

Chinese companies have additional benefits of the support of national and local government.

For example, there is in Shanghai State Supported Training Enterprise For robots, the Humanoid robot learns to complete the robot’s tasks.

So how can US and European robot producers compete with that?

Bristol-based Bren Pierce built three robotics company and the latest, and his cinema launched the KR1 robot.

Although the robot is compiled and developed in the UK, it will be produced in Asia.

“As a European or American company, the problem you have received, in the first place you should get all these sub-components from China.

“So, get your engines, buy your batteries, buy your resistors, buy your resistors, just change the whole world to place a place in the source in Asia.”

In addition to doing their robots in Asia, Mr. Pierce is expenses with not going for a full humanoid uniform.

Designed for warehouses and factories, KR1 has no legs.

“All of these places have flat floors. Why would you like a very complex form factor … just when you can put it on a mobile base?” asks.

When possible, its KR1 was built with mass-produced components – wheels are like you found in the electric scooter.

“My philosophy takes as much as possible. Thus, all our engines, batteries, computers, cameras, all are commercially produced,” he says.

As opponents in Unitree, Mr. Pierce says the real “hidden sauce” is a program that allows people to work with people.

“Many companies come out with very high-tech robots, but then you need a philosophy in the robotics and will be able to use it.

“What we are trying to design is very simple to use the robot that your average warehouse or factory workers can learn after a few hours,” Mr. Pierce.

He says KR1 can take a task after the man guides 20 or 30 times.

KR1 will be given to pilot customers to test this year.

So will the robots take a break from the factories? Even optimistic Mr. Pierce says it’s such a long way.

Long-term dream in the last 20 years Everything builds a robot. This is my doctoral business, this is the last goal, but it is a very complex job, “said Mr. Pierce.

“I still think that they will eventually be there, but I think this is at least 10-15 years away.”