A hundred humanoid robots are about to move into homes in Wuhan, China. Not as roommates, exactly, but close enough to make it weird.
GigaAI, working alongside the Hubei Humanoid Robot Innovation Centre and the Hubei Humanoid Robotics Industry Alliance, launched the SeeLight S1 on May 21. The two-armed, wheeled household robot is designed to handle domestic chores ranging from chopping vegetables to making beds. A pilot fleet of 100 units is scheduled for deployment in hi-tech employee housing by the end of this month, marking one of the most ambitious real-world tests of household humanoid robots anywhere on the planet.
What the SeeLight S1 actually does
Look, we’ve seen plenty of robotics demos where a machine carefully picks up a cup in a controlled lab environment and everyone applauds. This is different.
The SeeLight S1 is built for the chaos of actual homes. Its task list includes vegetable chopping, egg frying, laundry loading, bed making, and curtain opening. In English: the stuff you’d rather not do on a Tuesday morning.
