Top colleges in China have been seeking cooperation with companies in the humanoid robot industry to jointly develop products and turn their academic achievements into value.
A team at Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), led by Chen Xuedong, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, is collaborating with a company to develop a humanoid robot with generative artificial intelligence (AI) for substation inspection, operation and maintenance.
The robot under development is 1.8m tall, weighs 80kg, has a battery life of 2 hours and a load capacity of 40kg for both arms.
Yuan Fang, an AI system engineer with Wuhan Glory Road Intelligent Technology, the co-developer, said these detailed indicators are designed to meet the market needs in the electric power industry.
“We developed such indicators because there is a practical need for power grid operation. We develop our robots according to these indicators to simulate the actual conditions of live-line working, as well as inspection, operation and maintenance. We want to make sure that once the robot is successfully commissioned, it can be used in this scenario,” he said.
Such collaboration benefits from the university’s program to expand cooperation with leading companies. HUST has also established more than 200 joint research institutes, innovation centers and joint laboratories.
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