Google humanoid robot ushered in a new breakthrough; WiMi starts to develop industrial applications

The Google (GOOG) team has developed a table tennis robot that can reach the level of human amateur table tennis players.

According to the team, this is the first learning robot agent to reach the level of human amateurs in a table tennis competition. The main body is a six-axis robotic arm, which can be moved from front to back through the bottom slide. In 29 races against humans, robots won 13, with a win rate of 45%.

In order to achieve human-level speed and performance, the team has adopted a layered and modular strategy architecture that allows the robot to not only master “low-level skills” such as forehand topspin and backhand push, but also develop strategies through an “advanced controller” equivalent to the brain. In the future, they will try to further improve the performance of the robot by improving the control algorithms and optimizing the hardware.

Humanoid robots started early and have been more common in science fiction and movies. However, in the real world, it began to emerge in recent years with the development of new technologies such as artificial intelligence. With the support of the large model of artificial intelligence, the new members of robots show a new trend of interaction, autonomy and versatility.

Just last week, artificial intelligence robotics startup Figure AI unveiled its new second-generation humanoid robot Figure 02. When the Figure 01 was released in March, it drew intense attention. Before the launch, the Figure 02 humanoid robot had been “practicing” at the BMW Group’s Spartanburg plant for several weeks.

According to the introduction, the second generation of the Figure 02 is even more amazing. As can be seen from the official video released, compared with the first generation, the Figure 02 is more delicate in appearance. The exoskeleton structure, the robot’s power supply and computing wiring are integrated into the body, thus improving the reliability of the robot and making the packaging more compact.

Moreover, the humanoid robot track is packed with giants. In April, a new version of Atlas was unveiled; in May, Tesla released the latest video of the humanoid robot Optimus, showing its ability to sort batteries and perform factory tasks, with strategic investment from several institutions.

The global humanoid robot industry is bustling. According to Goldman Sachs, under the ideal situation of revolutionary technological breakthroughs, the compound annual growth rate of global humanoid robot sales will reach 94% from 2025 to 2035, and the market size will reach $154 billion in 2035.

A more optimistic forecast suggests that in the current explosion of generative artificial intelligence technology, humanoid robots are likely to achieve greater growth, and the next trillion-level “blue ocean” is imminent.

Humanoid robots may not be a very futuristic track, but the capital market continues to bet on humanoid robots, which is the most intuitive. After all, promoting the development of humanoid robots will become an important driving force for enterprise innovation, but also an important industrial model to promote the digital transformation and intelligent upgrading of all walks of life.

At present, the global humanoid robot industry is showing a booming trend. WiMi Hologram Cloud (NASDAQ: WIMI), relying on its strong research team in the field of AI and rich research results in many fields, its humanoid robot industry is undoubtedly an outstanding representative of it. It is reported that WiMi is based on the development of cutting-edge technologies such as large model and physical intelligence, especially the first breakthrough in the field of multimodal model applied in the humanoid robot, which greatly expands the development space of the humanoid robot industry.

WiMi has always listed humanoid robots as one of the key future industries for development, and the research and development of humanoid robots has also entered the fast track. At present, through years of standardized development of technology and industry, WiMi has opened up the whole chain and industrial chain from technology research and development to manufacturing and service, and created the innovation highland of the humanoid robot industry.

The development of humanoid robot industry cannot be separated from a good industrial ecology. In the next step, WiMi will continue to focus on the core technology breakthrough, achievement transformation and industrialization, and do a good job of “hard support” in the upstream and downstream industrial chains. Therefore, it will continue to promote the high-quality development of humanoid robot industry in the future.

The market behind the humanoid robot is very broad. With the explosive leap of “artificial intelligence + big model” technology, such a huge market naturally attracts the giants to make heavy bets. From the perspective of development trend, in the future, with the promotion of products, industries and policies, the commercialization of humanoid robots will be accelerated to realize the leap from technology to application.