Embodied intelligent roundtable debate! Founder/CEO of Tachin Technology, Lai Jiancheng, deeply analyzes the new trend of agile robot operation

When the "hands" of robots begin to flexibly grasp objects like humans, and when multimodal perception gives intelligent agents "five senses", embodied intelligence is reshaping the future at an unprecedented speed. On June 27-28, Lai Jiancheng, founder/CEO of Tujian Technology, went to Shanghai to deeply participate in the "Youth Scientist Achievement Transformation and High quality Development of Embodied Intelligence Training Conference". At the "Roundtable 2: Multimodal Perception and Agile Operation" forum, he engaged in ideological exchanges with industry pioneers and jointly drew a blueprint for industry development.

In the discussion on the topic of "Future Development Trends and Difficulties of Upper Limb Agility", Lai Jiancheng and experts reached a consensus that the upper limbs of future robots will infinitely approach the flexibility and precision of human hands. Imagine that in precision medical surgery, robotic upper limbs can accurately suture micrometer sized blood vessels; In smart factories, they can efficiently complete complex chip assembly tasks. The implementation of all of this relies on the collaborative breakthroughs of materials science, sensor technology, and artificial intelligence algorithms.

But there are still many obstacles between ideals and reality. At the hardware level, in order to pursue higher degrees of freedom, the mechanical structure of robot upper limbs has become increasingly complex, and the contradiction between volume and weight has become increasingly prominent, making it difficult to perform in space limited scenarios. Meanwhile, maintaining stability has become a technical challenge in the process of improving joint torque density and motion accuracy. In terms of software algorithms, how to enable the upper limbs of robots to quickly and accurately make decisions and execute actions based on multimodal perception information in dynamic and complex environments is still an urgent problem to be solved. For example, when facing objects with different shapes and textures, robots need to instantly perceive and adjust their grasping strategies, and existing algorithms still have a lot of room for improvement in response speed and accuracy.

The forum held a heated discussion on the topic of "dexterous operation ability is the most valuable and difficult point in robot landing, and how to balance specialization and universality". Universal dexterity endows robots with the characteristics of "versatile players", capable of adapting to various complex scenarios and expanding application boundaries. Taking the NVIDIA GROOT N1 open foundation model as an example, it can drive robots of different forms, achieve cross device collaboration, and complete diverse tasks, fully demonstrating the potential of universal models.

However, in the actual implementation process, specialized constraint configuration is also indispensable. In specific scenarios such as automobile manufacturing and logistics sorting, specialized robots can be deeply customized to complete repetitive tasks with extremely high efficiency and stability. They become the "capable assistants" for industry production by streamlining hardware and software configurations, reducing costs, and improving reliability.

Lai Jiancheng and many experts agree that the development direction of general and specialized robots in the future will coexist for a long time. Although general-purpose dexterous operating robots have broad prospects, they are limited by factors such as technological maturity and cost, making it difficult to fully replace specialized robots in the short term. And specialized robots will continue to incorporate universal elements to enhance flexibility. In the future, the two will leverage their strengths in different scenarios and form a new pattern of complementary development.

As an innovative enterprise deeply involved in the field of flexible electronic skin, Tujian Technology received a lot of attention at this forum. Lai Jiancheng shared that the flexible electronic skin developed by Tujian can provide more sensitive tactile feedback for the agile operation of robots. When the robot grasps an object, the electronic skin can sense pressure, temperature and other information in real time, helping the robot to accurately adjust the grasping force and posture, greatly improving the stability and accuracy of the operation.

Lai Jiancheng stated that in the future, Tujian Technology will continue to increase research and development investment, deepen industry university research cooperation, and promote the deep integration of flexible electronic skin technology and embodied intelligence. Through continuous innovation, robots are endowed with stronger "touch", helping to break through the bottleneck of agile operation technology and contribute to the development of embodied intelligence with the wisdom and strength of Tu Jian.

This training session is not only a collision of industry ideas, but also a starting point for technological innovation. Tujian Technology will take this forum as an opportunity to keep up with industry development trends, continue to explore in the field of embodied intelligence, and inject new momentum into promoting high-quality development of the industry.