Shanghai tech firms ready for intl embodied intelligence competition

Kepler, focused on developing "blue-collar humanoid robots" for applications in intelligent manufacturing and warehousing, aims to showcase its capabilities in the industrial-grade embodied intelligence handling track.

Zhu Binbin, senior product manager of Kepler, said that the company hopes to demonstrate that robots are not limited to performance or entertainment scenarios and can be effectively applied in real production environments.

Kepler's K2 "Bumblebee" robot, which has been tested at factories such as SAIC General Motors, boasts an eight-hour continuous working time and a 30-kilogram dual-arm payload.

"The competition, with its focus on autonomous and flexible solutions, can help solve core pain points in manufacturing, such as adapting to dynamic environments and ensuring precise heavy-load handling," Zhu said.

According to Zhang Ye, assistant chief referee of the competition, this year's competition features a significant innovation, as the organizers hope to accelerate the industrialization of embodied intelligence in Shanghai.

"The competition uses scenarios as the basis for competition and introduces human skills masters to score, because the real landing of embodied intelligence needs to be compared with humans," Zhang said.