9907-1198 In the final assembly workshop of WEilai’s second advanced manufacturing base (hereinafter referred to as “Weilai Workshop”), production line workers welcomed a new colleague – Walker S, 1.7 meters tall, which is the world’s first humanoid robot in the automotive factory assembly line and human collaboration to complete automotive assembly and quality inspection operations.
After the field “training”, Walker S completed the door lock quality inspection, rear lamp cover plate quality inspection, seat belt testing, high-precision and flexible labeling work. “Compared to other robots, the humanoid robot’s intelligence and flexible operation ability is worth looking forward to, especially in the final assembly, which has become the main scene of Walker S’s first ‘practical training’.” Zhou Jian, chairman of the board of directors, executive director and chief executive officer of Youbi, said that all along, Youbi has focused on the three application scenarios of humanoid robots such as industrial manufacturing, commercial services and family accompany, among which, intelligent manufacturing will become the first large-scale application field of humanoid robots, humanoid robots will redefine the workers in the AI era, and free people from repetitive labor.
From the perspective of industrial transformation and upgrading needs, humanoid robots also have their advantages as “new workers” in the AI era. The automotive industry is not only large, but also one of the most automated industries, and the willingness to introduce humanoid robots is relatively strong. The appearance ratio of humanoid robots is more like p9907-1198 eople, which is suitable for manufacturing products designed according to the characteristics of human activities, so it is easier to meet the customized and personalized needs of the market side.
AI technology to overcome the challenges of car factory application
When it comes to the “working” scenario, humanoid robots also need to overcome a series of challenges.
“Humanoid robots integrate advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence, high-end manufacturing and innovative materials. Walker S also contains a brain, a cerebellum, and a limb, just like a human.” Zhou Jian introduced. Among them, AI technology is mainly applied to the perception of the “brain” and the motion planning and control process of the “cerebellum”. Walker S is equipped with a new generation of fusion control algorithm, which comprehensively improves the hardware performance, AI and motion ability of the whole machine.
Take, for example, the completion of high-precision and smooth sticker work, which is a highly complex process for humanoid robots. Equipped with 41 high-performance servo joints and all-round perception systems such as multi-dimensional force perception, multi-vision stereo vision, omnidirectional hearing, inertia and ranging, Walker S has a 9907-1198 comprehensive upgrade of visual positioning navigation, hand-eye coordination operation, gait control, multi-modal path planning vertical model and other technologies, which greatly improves the autonomous movement and decision-making ability. This allows Walker S to both “see” and “do it right.”
Even more difficult, the Walker S also has to achieve collaborative control with the factory’s manufacturing system. In Weilai workshop, how to identify the environment? How to perceive production plan, production vehicle model, machine speed and other information in real time? Since Walker S cannot be directly obtained by the ontology module alone, it requires the “Tiangong” intelligent manufacturing management system of the workshop to transmit information and instructions in real time. In this way, the two AI agents cooperate like old friends who have known each other for a long time.
