DroidUp () demoed robot with human-like skin and artificial body temperature, embodied AI, in-eye cameras, and full mobility in Shanghai (video below)
To celebrate DroidUp's having just moved its corporate headquarters to Zhangjiang Robot Valley, on 30 January the company held a press conference showing off their latest innovation. The life-like Moya features a human-like skeletal system and skin, and simulates body heat. Additionally, it is fully mobile and interactive, having cameras integrated into life-like eyes. The display also showed a number of alternative skins that could be changed out to change the robot's appearance.
DroidUp CEO Li Qingdu says, "Most robots on the market today have hard shells and feel cold and mechanical. A robot that truly serves human life should be warm, have a feeling of temperature, almost like a living being that people can connect with". The robot is capable of facial expressions like joy, anger, sorrow, etc., and .
DroidUp's "Walker" series robots won third place in a robot half marathon last year, and were also on display at the event. The latest model, "Walker No. 3" X3, is greatly improved and equipped with a multimodal perception system, enabling fusion positioning using multiple sensors such as vision, LiDAR, and depth cameras. Based on dynamic balance and adaptation to complex terrain, it possesses autonomous path planning and real-time obstacle avoidance capabilities.
