China tech startup launches humanoid robot at Shanghai AI event

Fourier Intelligence, a Chinese tech startup specializing in rehabilitation robotics and artificial intelligence, on Thursday unveiled its first-generation humanoid robot at the ongoing World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai. Standing meters tall and weighing 55 kg, the robot, named GR-1, is able to walk at 5 km per hour and carry a load of up to 50 kg, the company said. With human-like motion control, it can walk bipedally, avoid obstacles, ascend and descend a slope with stability, and withstand shocks. Fourier Intelligence said it is exploring to deploy this device in fields such as disaster relief and response, senior care and household service. The World Artificial Intelligence Conference, or WAIC 2023, China’s top AI event, in Shanghai on Thursday. China now has an AI industry valued at 500 billion yuan (US$69 billion), with more than 4,300 AI core firms and rapid development of intelligent chips and general large language models, according to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, or MIIT. Editor: Zou __________________ ShanghaiEye focuses on producing top-quality contents. Nobody knows SHANGHAI better than us. Please subscribe to us ☻☻☻ __________________ For more stories, please click ■ What’s up today in Shanghai, the most updated news of the city ■ Amazing Shanghai, exploring the unknown corners of the city, learning the people, food and stories behind them ■ What Chinese people’s lives are like during the post COVID-19 period ■ Views of foreign scholars on China and its affairs ■ Foreign faces in Shanghai, people living in this city sharing their true feelings ■ Mini-docs showing why China is the country it is today __________________ ☎Leave us messages if you have any suggestions or questions! Thank you!