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 1.65 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.

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