News on China's scientific and technological development.
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was sourced from a published by the International Federation of Robotics.
| Country | 2012 | 2015 | 2018 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| China | 23,000 | 69,000 | 115,000 | 268,000 |
| Japan | 29,000 | 35,000 | 55,000 | 47,000 |
| U.S. | 22,000 | 28,000 | 40,000 | 35,000 |
| South Korea | 19,000 | 38,000 | 38,000 | 31,000 |
| Germany | 18,000 | 20,000 | 27,000 | 24,000 |
| Rest of World | 48,000 | 64,000 | 108,000 | 112,000 |
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True, but look at the rate of growth of the respective countries.
Fourier Intelligence, a Chinese specialist in rehabilitation robots and artificial intelligence, unveiled its first-generation human-like robot at the 2023 World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai today.
Developed with cutting-edge proprietary technologies, the GR-1 is among a handful of Chinese humanoid robots that can be commercialized at scale, the Shanghai-based firm said in a press release. The GR-1 has immense potential across a wide spectrum of uses, including industrial production, rehabilitative care, scientific research, and household service, it added.
The GR-1 is 1.65 meters tall, weighs 55 kilograms, and has 40 degrees of freedom all over its body. With a peak torque of 300 nanometers generated by a joint module installed at the hip, the robot can walk at five kilometers an hour and carry objects of 50 kg.
“General-purpose humanoid robots will gradually become a mainstream segment of the industry going forward,” said Alex Gu, founder and chief executive of Fourier Intelligence.
With a bionic structure and human-like motion control, the GR-1 can walk on two legs, avoid obstacles, stably climb and descend slopes, and withstand shocks, the Beijing-based firm noted.
Compared to a hydraulic power system, the GR-1 is more cost-efficient and suitable for commercial mass production, the firm said, and also represents a more environmentally friendly choice thanks to lower energy and resource consumption.
Set up in 2015, Fourier Intelligence released China's first commercial lower extremity exoskeleton. in 2017.
