2023-11-03 19:00:24
China announces its ambition: to begin massively producing humanoid robots from 2025, then to become the world leader in the sector in 2027. The Asian superpower is convinced that this technology will be the next industrial revolution…
At the end of 2022, Tesla unveiled for the first time the prototype of its humanoid Optimus: a bipedal robot designed to replace humans in the most dangerous and difficult manual tasks, and ultimately to do all the work for us.
According to CEO Elon Musk, these robots will soon outnumber humans. Within a few years, he even predicts that everyone will have their own humanoid at home to take care of their household chores.
Very recently, during an AI conference organized in the United Kingdom in early November 2023, Musk even stated that robots and artificial intelligence will eventually replace all professions.
Even though Optimus is only scheduled to launch in 2027, many other startups are also developing their humanoid robots. This is the case for 1X in Norway, Sanctuary in Canada, and Apptronik in Texas.
Some of these companies have also overtaken Tesla. Thus, Apptronik is preparing to market Apollo at the end of 2024. For its part, Agility Robotics has opened the first RoboFab robot factory in Oregon which will produce 10,000 humanoids per year.
Now, a new player has entered the race for bipedal robots. And it is not a company, but a country considered one of the leading world powers: China.
On Thursday, November 2, 2023, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), responsible for overseeing the country’s industrial sector, published a nine-page guide on its official website.
China wants to become world leader in robotics by 2027
An advanced humanoid robot was unveiled at the China National Computer Congress 2023.
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He states that China will begin mass production of humanoid robots from 2025. The country’s goal is “to establish an innovation system in humanoid robotics, to achieve breakthroughs in several key technologies, and to ensure the safe and efficient supply of major components” by this date.
Subsequently, the Asian dragon intends to become a world leader in this technology from 2027. From that moment on, the ministry estimates that “humanoid robots will become an important new engine of growth” for the country.
In order to support this transition, the document requires that by then, “the technological innovation of humanoid robots increases significantly, that a safe and reliable industrial logistics system is formed, that an industrial ecology with international competitiveness is built and may our strength reach the highest level in the world.”
This document also calls on the industry to focus on the “brain”, “cerebellum” and “limbs” of humanoids while tapping into advances in AI such as large language models.
Chinese companies are called upon to accelerate the development of humanoid robots for use in difficult and dangerous conditions.
According to the text published on November 2, industries such as healthcare, home services, agriculture and logistics will see a boom in the use of robots in the coming years.
Bringing “Chinese wisdom” into the development of the global robotics industry
China will strive to establish a preliminary innovation system for humanoid robots by 2025, amid the country’s push to develop the future industry, according to a recent guideline pic.twitter.com/3RiwSFzftK
— China Xinhua News (@XHNews) November 3, 2023
The ministry also wants to improve industrial standards and product testing capabilities, build laboratories and open source communities for robotics.
He also wants to develop better regulation, train young talents and cooperate internationally. China particularly wants to bring its “wisdom” to the development of the global robotics industry.
The next global industrial revolution?
This is not the first time that China has tried to accelerate the development of its robotics industry and promote independence in the face of fierce competition from the United States in several key technological areas such as processors.
Increasing the capabilities of humanoid robots in the manufacturing sector is also a priority for China. This is a way of countering American restrictions by improving its autonomy.
Already in 2021, the Asian superpower surpassed the United States for the first time in the field of industrial robotics by becoming the fifth most automated country in the world according to the World Robotics 2022 report from the International Federation of Robotics.
In August 2023, China impressed the world by organizing the World Robot Conference in Beijing where visitors from around the world were able to discover incredibly realistic robots.
At the start of its guide, MIIT states that robots are likely to become the next “disruptive innovation” after computers, smartphones and electric vehicles. In turn, robotics will profoundly change production and the way humans live. She just goes “reshape the pattern of global industrial development”…
And you, do you think that humanoid robotics will be a real revolution?
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