By EVCar 
On the commute from the news center to the venue, I saw the fast-moving robot dog and intelligent reception robot forming a flowing landscape. From robot welcoming guests, brewing tea and coffee, to writing calligraphy, and to the ubiquitous smart devices inside and outside the venue, the Zhongguancun Forum Annual Meeting not only brought a feast of cutting-edge technology to the participants, but also deeply impressed the journalists with the shock of “the future has come”.
At the Zhongguancun Forum Annual Meeting, intelligent robots undoubtedly became the most dazzling star. On the way to the venue from the news center, I saw a “commuting” robot dog that attracted a lot of attention; In the Innovation Center Hall, a 1.2-meter-tall T1 reception robot guides guests warmly and thoughtfully. According to statistics, nearly a hundred robots from 15 companies are active in various corners of the annual meeting, undertaking different tasks such as welcoming guests, communicating, hosting, performing, and providing services, becoming an indispensable part of the annual meeting.
At the venue, the tea brewing robot from Beijing Soft Robot Technology Co., Ltd. also attracted many viewers to stop and watch. By program setting, traditional tea art is decomposed into 108 standard actions. Through motion capture and AI learning, the tea making robot can accurately replicate the brewing techniques of tea masters, with an error controlled within 0.5 millimeters. Some viewers exclaimed, “This is no longer just a simple program execution, but a demonstration of multi machine collaborative motion capabilities. These robots not only showcase the rapid development of artificial intelligence technology, but also embody the beautiful vision of ‘human-machine symbiosis’
It is worth mentioning that the annual meeting of Zhongguancun Forum also built a “Zhongguancun Forum Agent” based on the big model of artificial intelligence, which uses AI simultaneous interpreting system to achieve multilingual speech. In the process of video production, artificial intelligence technology is widely used, and many videos have achieved AI originality. In addition, we have also focused on creating a seamless and secure conference experience, fully utilizing various intelligent services such as electronic credentials and electronic desk signatures to cover the entire conference process.
In terms of environmental protection, this year’s Zhongguancun Forum Annual Meeting also made innovations. Fully utilize recyclable materials, provide electronic versions of all forum and annual meeting materials, and use recyclable materials for printed materials and cultural and creative products. At the same time, dynamically optimizing the surrounding navigation routes, arranging unmanned driving shuttle experiences, and using new energy vehicles for all shuttle buses demonstrate the perfect combination of innovation and development.
It is reported that the intelligent robots presented at the Zhongguancun Forum Annual Meeting showcased the rapid development of artificial intelligence technology and also sparked people’s thinking about the future of intelligent robots. According to relevant data, as of the end of December 2024, there were a total of 451700 intelligent robot industry enterprises in China. In 2024, the cumulative production of industrial robots in China reached 556000 sets, a year-on-year increase of 14.2%. Cutting edge technologies such as multi-dimensional information fusion perception and human-machine natural interaction continue to make breakthroughs, and key components such as reducers, controllers, and servo systems are becoming increasingly sophisticated.
However, regarding the question of how long it will take for intelligent robots to enter households, Wang Tianmiao, Honorary President of the Robotics Research Institute at Beihang University, stated that this is a very challenging issue. Wang Tianmiao believes that the purpose of embodied intelligent robots is more to replace humans in dangerous, monotonous, and even unpleasant jobs, and to replace humans in inaccessible spaces. If robots were to completely replace humans, what could humans do? From the perspective of society and humanity, there is still a long way to go for embodied intelligent robots to enter households.
In addition, from the perspective of technological form, the definition of the entire embodied intelligence technology form is still scattered and has not formed a unified standard. Wang Tianmiao emphasized that the reason why people hope for the progress of humanoid robots is that they hope it is a new species that can reconstruct all supply chains. But after a species enters the industrial, living, and consumption fields, the most important thing is actually to reduce costs, increase efficiency, and improve efficiency. From this perspective, models are easy to standardize and scale, and the core components of chip testing, motors, sensors, vision, reducers, etc. are also easy to achieve standardization and scale. However, the carriers of embodied intelligence in the middle are diverse, making it difficult to achieve standardization and planning in the short term.