Many may recall the "Guangdong-brand" humanoid robot that struck the gong at theHong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX) listing ceremony last year. On August 6th, the "Li-Gong D1," the first full-sized humanoid robot manufactured by a domestic collaborative robot company, was unveiled, marking the debut of a new "Guangdong-brand" robotic contender in Guangdong, China's largest hub for the intelligent robot industry.

It is reported that this newcomer is developed by the local company Guangzhou Li-Gong Industrial Co., Ltd., which is also one of the 248 national-level specialized and innovative "little giants."

"We spent a long time deciding the name. The word 'dim' has rich meanings in Cantonese; sometimes we use the term 'gaodim' to say that something is well done. As a company rooted in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, we felt that if we could combine some local culture with technological products to express our perspectives on humanoid robots, it would be impressive— gaodim." said Li Weichong, President of Li-Gong Industrial.

Li further introduced that the "Li-Gong D1" employs the concept of bionics design, mimicking the flexibility and coordination of human movement. As a result, it features multiple degrees of freedom throughout its body, combined with powerful joint torque and a positioning accuracy of ±0.03 mm, making it excel in executing complex tasks.

"Each leg of our robot has five degrees of freedom, and each arm haseight degrees of freedom. Of course, as we encounter different scenarios and technological requirements in the future, we may gradually increase the degrees of freedom, making it even more flexible," Listated. Equipped with Li-Gong's latest artificial intelligence algorithms and a robust real-time computing platform, the "Li-Gong D1" possesses highly intelligent perception and autonomous decision-making capabilities, which enables it to analyze environmental information in real-time, intelligently plan its walking paths, and improve its task execution efficiency and accuracy through continuous learning and optimization.

Will compound robots, with the functions of both mobile and industrial robots, be replaced by humanoid robots?

"Our company is a manufacturer of both compound robots and humanoid robots, so it's like having two brothers that complement each other. Compound robots have already been well-applied in many industrial scenarios. As general humanoid robots join hands with compound robots, both work efficiency and quality of life can be improved," said Li. In his view, as technology advances, especially with the rise of artificial intelligence, the collaboration between compound robots and humanoid robots will grow stronger.

“粤字号”人形机器人“搞掂”登场

不少人或许还记得，在去年的港交所上市仪式上，“粤字号”人形机器人上台敲锣。8月6日，国内首款协作机器人厂商制造的全尺寸人形机器人“里工D1”揭幕，广东作为国内最大的智能机器人产业集聚区迎来“粤字号”机器人新秀。

记者了解到，这位“新秀”来自于广州本土成长的广州市里工实业有限公司，也是248家国家级专精特新“小巨人”之一。

“我们起名字想了很久。可能‘dian’这个发音的词在粤语里面的含义非常丰富，有时候我们会说这事做好了，我们粤语就说‘搞掂’。作为一个扎根在粤港澳大湾区的企业，就觉得如果有机会把本土的一些文化和科技产品融合起来，表达我们对于人形机器人本身的一些观点，就有点像这个事情很牛——搞掂。”里工实业总裁李卫铳说。

李卫铳介绍，“里工D1”采用了仿生设计理念，模拟人类运动的灵活性和协调性，全身拥有多个自由度，结合强大的关节扭矩和±0.03mm重复定位精度，使其在执行复杂任务时表现出色。

“机器人的每只腿有5个自由度，手臂是8个自由度，当然随着我们未来面对不同的场景、不同的技术要求，可能会逐步增加，让它变得更加灵活。”李卫铳说。搭载里工最新的人工智能算法和强大的实时计算平台，“里工D1”具备高度的智能感知和自主决策能力，能实时分析环境信息，智能规划行动路径，并在不断学习和优化中提高任务执行的效率和准确性。

集成移动机器人和工业机器人两项功能为一身的复合机器人，是否会被人形机器人取代？

“我们刚好是复合机器人厂商，又是人形机器人厂商，看上去好像有两兄弟一样，我觉得他们是非常互补的两兄弟，复合机器人在很多工业场景已经得到了很好的应用，通用人形机器人会和它形成一个互补，既可以提高工作效率，又有可能实现生活质量的提高。”在李卫铳看来，随着技术进步，特别是人工智能的加入，两者应该会越来越形成很好的合力。

文 | 记者 许张超 实习生 蔡欣潼
图 | 受访者提供
翻译 | 洪婷
英文审校 | 赵凡