Humanoid robots come to life in Chinese factory

The Manila Times

Humanoid robots come to life in Chinese factory  Inside this factory in China, Ex-Robots engineers are working on developing humanoid robots...with a focus on enhancing facial expressions and emotions.  So far, the main purpose of these hyper-realistic robots has been for display in museums. Ex-Robots Chief Executive Li Boyang says humanoid robots are the most complex type of robot to build.  The company uses artificial intelligence to teach robots how to recognize human facial expressions and mimic them. Prices range from 1.5 to 2 million yuan, or roughly $280,000 dollars.   Video by REUTERS  Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe    Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net    Follow us:  Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook  Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram  Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter  DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion    Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital    Check out our Podcasts:  Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify  Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts  Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic  Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer  Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein   #TheManilaTimes #tmtnews #china #humanoids

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00:00Inside this factory in China, X-Robot's engineers are working on developing humanoid robots

00:06with a focus on enhancing facial expressions and emotions.

00:11So far, the main purpose of these hyper-realistic robots has been for display in museums.

00:17X-Robot's chief executive, Li Boyang, says humanoid robots are the most complex type

00:22of robot to build.

00:23The company uses artificial intelligence to teach robots how to recognize human facial

00:29expressions and mimic them.

00:33Like here, a humanoid robot is copying a worker's movement thanks to tiny motors installed

00:38in its head.

00:42We have our own software and algorithm teams.

00:45In terms of algorithms, we focus more on the part of AI that integrates with the robot.

00:50There are many basic models and algorithms that are commonly open source, which everyone

00:55uses.

00:56But we concentrate more on how to enable the AI to recognize and express expressions and

01:01emotions.

01:02The company says it takes between two weeks and a month to produce just one humanoid robot.

01:08Prices range from 1.5 to 2 million yuan, or roughly $280,000.

01:14Looking ahead, Li believes humanoid robots will have a bigger role to play, not just

01:18in healthcare and education, but in other industries as well.

01:22There are a lot of jobs that humanoid robots can actually be competent at, and entering

01:27households must be the most massive demand.

01:30We also think that every person may have a humanoid robot in the future at home for their

01:36service, or even more than one.

01:38So when such a large number of demand appear, it is the time of the industry boom.

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