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FAW wheel-arm humanoid robot enters factory trials

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Original · Chinese
一汽轮臂人形机器人进入汽车工厂验证
Translation · English
FAW wheel-arm humanoid robot enters factory trials
Original · Chinese
轮臂机器人已在总装和焊接车间执行拣选、拧紧及上件任务。
Translation · English
The wheel-arm robot is performing picking, tightening and loading tasks in final assembly and welding workshops.
Original · Chinese
一汽同时展示全尺寸双足、小双足商服和重负载机器人。
Translation · English
FAW also showcased a full-size biped, a small bipedal commercial-service robot and a heavy-load robot.
Original · Chinese
重负载机器人单臂额定负载25公斤,续航8小时,仍在样机验证。
Translation · English
The heavy-load robot has a 25-kilogram rated payload per arm and eight hours of runtime, but remains in prototype validation.
Original · Chinese

在总装车间,轮臂机器人先识别零部件,再完成拣选配送;随后,它把后悬架螺栓拧紧。焊接车间里,它还执行过焊接零件上件任务。第一电动网转载盖世汽车报道,这款机器人已经在多个真实生产和试验场景开展验证。

Translation · English

In the final-assembly workshop, the wheel-arm robot first identifies components and then picks and delivers them; it subsequently tightens rear-suspension bolts. In the welding workshop, it has also performed tasks loading welded parts. First Electric Network, citing a report by Gasgoo, said the robot is already undergoing validation in multiple real production and testing scenarios.

Original · Chinese

这台由一汽自主研发的工业级人形机器人,融合了自研VLA操作大模型和全身运动控制能力。VLA可以理解为让机器人结合视觉、语言和动作来完成操作;在工厂里,它需要感知环境、理解任务、规划路径,再自主抓取、搬运、上料、紧固和定位。一汽希望把这些能力模块化,形成“一个大脑、多样化身体”的产品架构。

Translation · English

The industrial humanoid robot, independently developed by FAW, combines a self-developed VLA manipulation foundation model with whole-body motion-control capabilities. VLA can be understood as enabling a robot to combine vision, language and action to complete operations; in a factory, it must perceive its surroundings, understand tasks, plan routes, and then autonomously grasp, transport, load, fasten and position objects. FAW hopes to modularize these capabilities and create a product architecture built around “one brain, diverse bodies.”

Original · Chinese

展台上的其他机器人对应着不同的工作。全尺寸双足人形机器人身高1.73米,全身拥有41个自由度,用“大脑+小脑”协同架构处理语音交互、环境理解、任务规划以及站立、行走和全身协调。约1.5米高的小双足商服机器人,则面向场馆导览、接待引导、科技展示和品牌服务等场景。

Translation · English

The other robots on display are designed for different types of work. The full-size bipedal humanoid robot stands 1.73 meters tall and has 41 degrees of freedom across its body. It uses a “brain + cerebellum” coordinated architecture to handle voice interaction, environmental understanding, task planning, standing, walking and whole-body coordination. The roughly 1.5-meter-tall small bipedal commercial-service robot is aimed at scenarios including venue tours, reception and guidance, technology demonstrations and brand services.

Original · Chinese

重负载机器人更贴近工厂内部物流和装配:它采用四舵轮移动底盘,结合SLAM导航(同步定位与地图构建)、多模态感知系统和双七自由度机械臂,可进行自主定位、动态避障和双臂协同作业。其单臂额定负载25公斤、续航8小时,面向物料搬运、工装装配和生产辅助,但目前仍处于样机验证阶段。

Translation · English

The heavy-load robot is more closely suited to internal factory logistics and assembly. It uses a four-steering-wheel mobile chassis, combined with SLAM navigation (simultaneous localization and mapping), a multimodal perception system and two seven-degree-of-freedom robotic arms. It can perform autonomous positioning, dynamic obstacle avoidance and coordinated two-arm operations. Its rated payload is 25 kilograms per arm, with 8 hours of runtime. It is designed for material handling, tooling assembly and production support, but remains at the prototype-validation stage.

Original · Chinese

具体来说,这表明机器人已经可以在汽车制造的具体工位上验证搬运、上料、紧固和定位等任务。一汽还在研发、试制和验证多型谱关节模组,并完成温升、精度、噪音及长时负载疲劳测试,为后续稳定运动和规模化交付准备核心部件。现阶段,轮臂机器人已有工位验证,重负载机器人则仍在样机阶段;从验证走向长期、批量使用,仍取决于这些测试和生产表现。

Translation · English

Specifically, this shows that robots can now validate tasks such as handling, loading, fastening and positioning at specific workstations in automotive manufacturing. FAW is also developing, building prototypes of and validating multiple joint-module variants, and has completed tests for temperature rise, accuracy, noise and long-duration load fatigue. These efforts are intended to prepare core components for stable motion and scaled delivery. At this stage, the wheel-arm robot has already undergone workstation validation, while the heavy-load robot remains at the prototype stage. Moving from validation to long-term, high-volume use will still depend on the results of these tests and on production performance.

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