The latest document released by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology: Will humanoid robots be the next disruptive product?

On November 2, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued the "Guiding Opinions on the Innovation and Development of Humanoid Robots" (hereinafter referred to as the "Opinions") to promote the high-quality development of the humanoid robot industry, cultivate new quality productivity, empower new industrialization at a high level, and strongly support modernization Industrial system construction.

Humanoid robots that integrate advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence, high-end manufacturing, and new materials are expected to become disruptive products after computers, smartphones, and new energy vehicles. In order to promote the high-quality development of the humanoid robot industry, the "Opinions" have made specific arrangements in terms of key technological breakthroughs, key product cultivation, scenario application expansion, and industrial ecology creation

At the same time, the "Opinions" propose that by 2025, the humanoid robot innovation system will be initially established, and a number of key technologies such as "brain, cerebellum, and limbs" will achieve breakthroughs. The complete machine product has reached the international advanced level and has been mass-produced. It has been demonstrated and applied in special, manufacturing, people's livelihood services and other scenarios. Cultivate 2-3 ecological enterprises with global influence and a group of specialized small and medium-sized enterprises, create 2-3 industrial development clusters, and nurture and develop a number of new businesses, new models, and new formats. By 2027, the humanoid robot industry will accelerate to achieve large-scale development, and related products will be deeply integrated into the real economy and become an important new engine of economic growth.

Let’s look at the four key measures:

1. Develop a humanoid robot "brain" based on a large artificial intelligence model to enhance environmental perception, behavioral control, and human-computer interaction capabilities. Scientifically deploy the computing power of humanoid robots to accelerate large model training iterations and product applications.

2. Establish a universal humanoid robot platform to support subsequent personalized function development. According to the needs of different application scenarios, develop low-cost interactive, high-precision and high-reliability humanoid robot products in extreme environments

3. Create typical manufacturing scenarios, focus on key manufacturing areas such as 3C and automobiles, improve humanoid robot tool operation and task execution capabilities, and build humanoid robot demonstration production lines and factories. Accelerate the promotion of humanoid robots in people's livelihood and key industries, and expand the application of humanoid robots in medical, housekeeping, agriculture, logistics and other fields.

4. Give play to the leading role of the manufacturing transformation and upgrading fund and guide industrial capital and financial capital to actively participate. Make good use of the national industrial integration cooperation platform to support leading companies in listing and financing, and promote the formation of a virtuous cycle of "technology-industry-finance".

Enhancing large-scale models for applying artificial intelligence in the field of humanoid robots

In terms of breakthroughs in key technologies, the "Opinions" pointed out that the "brain" and "cerebellum" of humanoid robots should be built, and the "brain" of humanoid robots based on large artificial intelligence models should be developed to enhance environmental perception, behavioral control, and human-computer interaction capabilities. Build a large model training database, innovate methods for automatic data annotation, cleaning, and use, and expand high-quality multi-modal data. Scientifically deploy the computing power of humanoid robots to accelerate large model training iterations and product applications. Develop the "cerebellum" that controls the movement of humanoid robots, build a motion control algorithm library, and establish a network control system architecture.

Break through the key technologies of "limbs", create humanoid robotic arms, dexterous hands, legs and feet, and break through technologies such as lightweight and rigid-soft coupling design, whole-body coordinated motion control, and dynamic grasping and dexterous operations of the arms. Break through technologies such as lightweight bones, high-strength body structures, and high-precision sensing to develop highly integrated, long-lasting humanoid robot power units and energy management technologies.

Improve the technological innovation system, establish a complete technological innovation system for the humanoid robot manufacturing industry, clarify the list of important technologies, materials, enterprises, manufacturing equipment and key software, and promote "compensating for weaknesses and forging strengths" in a targeted manner. And accelerate the integration of humanoid robots with leading technologies such as the Metaverse and brain-computer interface, and explore multi-disciplinary and multi-field innovation models

In terms of cultivating key products, the "Opinions" formulated specific plans, including building complete machine products, consolidating basic components, and promoting software innovation, etc.

The "Opinions" require the construction of a universal overall platform for humanoid robots to support the subsequent development of personalized functions. To meet the needs of different application scenarios, develop complete humanoid robot products such as low-cost interactive, high-precision and high-reliability in extreme environments. Focus on special sensors for humanoid robots, break through key high-precision sensing technologies such as vision, hearing, force, and smell, and improve comprehensive environmental perception capabilities. Develop special chips for humanoid robots to improve computing performance such as motion control and cognitive decision-making. At the same time, we promote the in-depth integration of humanoid robot operating systems with general large model and other technologies to provide a safe, stable, and easy-to-use system platform.

Build typical application scenarios of humanoid robots

In terms of expanding scenarios, the "Opinions" pointed out that high-reliability humanoid robot solutions should be created for special application scenarios. Strengthen the related capabilities of humanoid robots in scenarios such as security guards, civil explosions, and rescue, and reduce the risk to workers.

At the same time, we need to create typical scenarios in the manufacturing industry and focus on 3C, automobile and other manufacturing fields, improve the capabilities of humanoid robots in tool operation and task execution, and establish humanoid robot demonstration production lines and factories , achieving in-depth applications in typical manufacturing scenarios. In order to meet the needs of unstructured manufacturing links, we also need to strengthen the collaboration and interaction capabilities between humanoid robots and equipment, personnel and the environment to support flexible and customized manufacturing

The "Opinions" pointed out that it is necessary to accelerate the promotion of humanoid robots in people's livelihood and key industries. Expand the service applications of humanoid robots in people's livelihood fields such as medical treatment and housekeeping, and meet high-quality life needs such as life health and companionship care. Promote the application of humanoid robots in key industries such as agriculture and logistics, and improve operational capabilities such as human-computer interaction, dexterous grasping, sorting and transportation, and intelligent distribution.

The "Opinions" also emphasize the need to actively create an industrial ecology. Cultivate high-quality enterprises, strengthen the status of corporate innovation entities, cultivate humanoid robot "chain master" enterprises with ecological leadership and global competitiveness, and drive the accumulation of industrial innovation resources. Focusing on the component matching, characteristic integration and scenario-based application of humanoid robots, we will increase efforts to cultivate high-quality enterprises and stimulate the emergence of a number of specialized and new "little giant" enterprises, individual manufacturing champion enterprises and unicorn enterprises. .

At the same time, support the construction of key laboratories for humanoid robots and manufacturing innovation centers, gather the advantages of industry, academia and research, and enhance the supply capacity of key common technologies. Build an open source community for humanoid robots, promote the capacity building of open source foundations, and strengthen support for open source projects of key enterprises.

Support leading companies in humanoid robots for IPO financing

In order to ensure the implementation of relevant measures, the "Opinions" require strengthening departmental coordination, coordinating and promoting technological research, industrial development, integrated applications, safety governance and other work, and promoting the integrated development of humanoid robots, artificial intelligence, robotics and other fields.

Improve industrial policies and increase investment around key tasks such as special software, core components, complete machines and application demonstrations. Give play to the driving role of manufacturing transformation and upgrading funds and other funds, and guide industrial capital and financial capital to actively participate. Make good use of the national industrial integration cooperation platform to support leading companies in listing and financing, and promote the formation of a virtuous cycle of "technology-industry-finance".

Since this year, domestic robot-related policies have been continuously introduced to actively promote robot research and development.

At the beginning of this year, 17 departments including the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology jointly issued the "Implementation Plan for "Robot" Application Actions", aiming to promote various industries and regions to carry out innovative practices in "robot" applications based on their development stages and characteristics

Under the guidance of the policy, various localities responded actively. Beijing released the "Beijing Robot Industry Innovation and Development Action Plan (2023-2025)" on June 28, which proposed to focus on the world's cutting-edge technologies and future strategic needs, accelerate the layout of humanoid robots, and thereby promote medical and health care. The rapid development of four types of advantageous robot products: , collaboration, special and logistics

Five departments including the Shanghai Economic and Information Technology Commission released the "Shanghai Action Plan to Promote High-Quality Innovation and Development of the Intelligent Robot Industry (2023-2025)" on October 26. According to the plan, by 2025, Shanghai will establish a globally influential innovation hub for the robotics industry. In addition, Shanghai will also build 10 industry-leading robot head brands, 100 benchmarking robot application scenarios, and achieve a scale of 100 billion yuan in robot-related industries

The Shanghai Securities Research Report believes that humanoid robots are in the early stages of commercialization and require continuous iteration of software and hardware to achieve "human-like" functions. Solving the cost problem is a prerequisite for industrialization. With the follow-up Tesla humanoid robot walking test in November and the successive delivery of Fourier humanoid robots and other favorable events, it is expected to drive opportunities in the humanoid robot industry chain.

The research report of GF Securities pointed out that the industrialization trend of humanoid robots has arrived, and we should pay close attention to the emergence of the industry's "0-1" process. Judging from the current overall pattern of the humanoid robot market, various forces have first-mover advantages in terms of software (algorithms, artificial intelligence technology, etc.) and hardware (self-developed motors, overall structure, operation control capabilities, etc.). At the same time, some manufacturers It has commercialization capabilities and is expected to deliver products in the fourth quarter of this year. At present, we should actively pay attention to the technical routes and industrialization processes of existing companies and new entrants, and pay attention to the technology reuse that may occur during the migration of mature industries to the humanoid robot industry, and wait for the "0-1" inflection point of the humanoid robot industry 's arrival

According to predictions from the International Association of Robotics, the global humanoid robot market will reach 100 billion yuan by 2030

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