Robots featuring multidimensional tactile devices can now perform tasks once only possible for human beings
A worker collects data simulating household scenarios at a super computing and AI facility in Tianjin on May 20. SUN FANYUE/XINHUA
On sorting lines in smart factories, at precision workstations in automobile manufacturing plants and even at home tending to household chores, a batch of robots equipped with multidimensional tactile sensors can dexterously grasp, operate and adaptively perform tasks, accomplishing movements that were once only possible for humans.
These robots, capable of sensing pressure, texture and posture, possess "tactile fingertips", enabling artificial intelligence to transition from virtual algorithms to the real world. This is the industrial transformation brought about by embodied intelligence, and the core "sensory organs" enabling it all originate from Tianjin.
"Robots are important carriers of AI, facilitating its transition from the virtual world to reality," said Yin Jihui, secretary of the Hexi district Party committee. As a national advanced manufacturing research and development base, Tianjin is focusing on core technology research and industrial implementation of embodied intelligence robots, cultivating a group of globally competitive industry leaders. PaXini Technology (Tianjin) Co is one such representative example.
