Xiaomi Humanoid Robot Begins Internship At Automobile Factory

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Xiaomi has succeeded in autonomous operation for three consecutive hours by putting humanoid robots into its electric vehicle factory production line, and has entered the competition to introduce robots in the automobile manufacturing industry. Xiaomi announced on its official account on the 3rd that the humanoid robot has successfully operated in the self-tapping nut installation process at an electric vehicle die-casting plant. The robot picked up the nut from the automatic supply device, placed it on the fixing device, and linked it to the slide conveyor and automatic positioning system to complete the floor part fastening.

The success rate of the process was 90.2 percent and met the 76-second cycle time required by modern production lines. Xiaomi explained that the success rate continues to improve as the tests are repeated. Technically, it is characterized by integrating multimodal information such as vision, tactile feedback, and joint-specific senses to reduce the probability of misjudgment and increase stability. The core brain of the robot is "Xiaomi-Robotics-0," a VLA model with 4.7 billion parameters developed by Xiaomi, and has improved adaptability to the work environment through multimodal recognition and reinforcement learning technology.

CEO Lei Jun emphasized that consistency is the top value in the automobile production line and clarified that the demonstration aims to apply mass production in practice beyond simple demonstrations. Currently, Xiaomi is expanding its deployment and verification scope to various process stations such as parts box transfer and front badge installation. CEO Lei Jun explained that he plans to introduce large-scale humanoid robots to factories within the next five years, and that inspections using AI vision models are 10 times faster and more than 5 times more precise than manual ones.

This move is in line with the trend of the global automobile industry. BMW will put humanoid robots at its Leipzig plant, while Toyota has signed a deal to deploy Agility Robotics' robots at its Canadian plant. Tesla is also planning to mass-produce the Optimus 3rd generation model by the end of this year. Competition in China has also intensified, and Xpeng has started construction of a mass production base of humanoid robots in Guangzhou and is aiming to produce large-scale products within this year.

Xiaomi's demonstration is considered an important example of overcoming the intelligent limitations of robots and proving the possibility of actual deployment, while market research institutes predict that China will introduce "Dark Factory," a completely unmanned production process, by 2030. Xiaomi has also expressed its willingness to enter the home robot market in the future, signaling an expansion of its influence across the robot industry.

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