In an achievement that reflects the rapid development in human robotics technologies, a group of robots developed in China succeeded in completing a six-day work shift inside a factory operating in a real production environment, achieving a success rate of 99.99 percent, in one of the most prominent practical experiments with embodied artificial intelligence technologies.
Company announced AgibotBased in Shanghai, its robots carried out quality inspection and material handling tasks inside a factory in the city of Nanchang, eastern China, where they worked for more than 64 continuous hours and completed more than 60,000 production tasks. The company also broadcast the experiment live over the Internet to demonstrate the performance of the robots in an actual operating environment, away from laboratory tests.
The company’s senior vice president, Dr. Yao Maocheng, said that the real challenge is no longer limited to showcasing the capabilities of robots, but rather their ability to work efficiently and stably within production lines and achieve economic value for factories. He added that the aim of the experiment was to provide practical evidence of the readiness of humanoid robots for commercial use.
The company revealed that it has exceeded the production of 15,000 robots, considering this number an important step towards expanding the use of human robots in the industrial and commercial sectors.
This achievement comes in conjunction with China’s five-year plan for the period between 2026 and 2030, which places humanoid robots among its strategic priorities, as part of Beijing’s efforts to promote smart industries and accelerate the adoption of artificial intelligence technologies.
For his part, President of the International Federation of Robotics, Takayuki Ito, pointed out that China is witnessing a shift from relying on traditional industrial automation to developing smart robots with greater capabilities to carry out diverse and flexible tasks.
Foundation expects Barclays The number of human robots working in China will reach about 11 million robots by 2035, while a study issued by Morgan Stanley Actual sales during the past year did not exceed 12 thousand robots, which reflects the difference between future expectations and the current reality of the market.
The company believes that the results of this experiment represent a clear indication of the gradual transition of human robots from the stage of experiments in laboratories to practical use in factories, in a step that may pave the way for a major transformation in the future of industrial production with the continued development of artificial intelligence technologies.
