Chinese robot manufacturer Dobot has introduced a new video of its first humanoid robot, Atom, in which it demonstrates its culinary abilities by preparing a nutritious breakfast.
Charging into competition in the market of competitive humanoid robots, Dobot introduces Atom, the company’s first humanoid robot. Demonstrating precision and accuracy in the video, Atom is seen toasting bread to golden brown perfection and washing and chopping lettuce and cherries delicately.
Although detailed specifications have not been released, the video touches on Atom’s autonomous functionality, according to an online report by a news outlet.
This follows last month’s launch of NEO Gamma, San Francisco Bay area-based 1X Technologies’ newest humanoid robot capable of doing the housework and the next era of humanoid robotics.
Founded in 2015, Dobot specializes in collaborative robot (cobot) arms, SCARA arms, desktop robotic arms, and teaching robots. It has self-developed core technologies like integrated drive and control, smart interaction, high-performance motion control, safety, and intelligent sensing systems. Dobot has more than 72,000 robots installed across over 80 countries and is now expanding into the humanoid robot market.
Atom, the humanoid robot of Dobot, flaunts its culinary abilities by preparing a nutritious breakfast, a capable kitchen assistant. From holding lettuce and cherries to cutting bread crisply with precision, Atom’s adaptive learning function is perhaps one of its best assets. The robot can offer a customized cooking experience, remembering user behaviors such as toast crispiness or beverage orders.
The Atom possesses 28 degrees of freedom and precision to ±0.05mm and can therefore perform complicated tasks. Its linear knee design also reduces energy consumption by 42% compared to traditional biped robots while at the same time being capable of navigating uneven grounds effectively, writes The Robot Report (TRR).
Driven by Dobot’s Robot Operator Model – 1 (ROM-1), Atom boasts 7.7 times the processing capability of the industry standard. The AI-driven system allows the robot to adapt automatically in unstructured environments. Atom is regarded by Dobot as a milestone in providing intelligent, adaptable support, highlighting the increasing role of robotics in homes.
At the same time, the business applications of humanoid robots are under consideration in other companies. Agility Robotics partnered with businesses like GXO, Schaeffler, Ricoh, and Manhattan Associates to use humanoid robots for manufacturing and logistics. Apptronik, which revealed last year $350 million to further develop its commercial robot business, and Figure AI, which delivered its first humanoid robot customer unit in December, are making enormous progress. Figure AI has partnered with OpenAI to develop innovative speech-to-speech talk for human-to-robot interactions.
As humanoid robots find increasing applications at home and in industry, the area of humanoid robotics is expanding rapidly.
Dobot’s entry into the sector of humanoid robotics is proof that there is more demand for robots to be employed in changing conditions. Official confirmation on the intended markets for Atom is yet to come from the company, although recent video streams show its future market as home robots. Tutorial sessions show Atom performing in domestic environments and kitchen areas to project manipulation capabilities but nothing from the company about planning to capture the domestic market.
Home robotics is turning into an increasingly competitive market, with 1X Technologies AS newly launching its NEO Gamma humanoid robot for domestic use with natural motion and enhanced communication. The company will begin internal testing of the robot in home environments shortly.
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