UBTECH's 5G commercial service robot Cruzr provides intelligent services to global passengers in the satellite hall of Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport.
A few days ago, the list of the 2021 "Shenzhen Artificial Intelligence Award" was officially announced, and the "R&D and Application of Human-Computer Interaction Technology for Service Robots" project developed by UBTECH won the "Shenzhen Artificial Intelligence Technology Progress Award".
Break through technical bottlenecks
Human-computer interaction technology stands out
2021 is the first year of the "14th Five-Year Plan". In order to thoroughly implement the "National Innovation-Driven Development Strategy Outline", fully mobilize the enthusiasm and creativity of China's intelligent science and technology workers, and give full play to the empowerment of artificial intelligence technology in various industries. The Shenzhen Artificial Intelligence Society launched the selection of the "Shenzhen Artificial Intelligence Award".
After careful evaluation by 11 well-known experts and scholars in the field of artificial intelligence, as well as the formal review, preliminary evaluation, letter evaluation and on-site defense of the nominated projects, Shenzhen Artificial Intelligence Society finally decided to award 15 achievements. Among them, the "Shenzhen Artificial Intelligence Science and Technology Progress Award" is mainly awarded for breakthroughs and progress in cutting-edge artificial intelligence technology. The award-winning projects include Ubisoft's "R&D and Application of Human-Computer Interaction Technology for Service Robots" and Huawei's "Pangu Pre-training Project". Model Project" etc.
For service robots, interacting with people naturally and efficiently is the most critical ability to provide services. It is not only reflected in accurately perceiving the information conveyed by users and understanding the user's interaction intentions, but also requiring reasonable responses to users and intelligent behavioral decisions. .
The award-winning "R&D and Application of Human-Computer Interaction Technology for Service Robots" focuses on robot visual perception technology based on deep learning, robot positioning and navigation technology based on multi-sensor information fusion in complex scenes, and multi-domain robot voice interaction. Technology and service robot system architecture design and integration and other key human-computer interaction technical common issues, carry out independent innovation research and core research, break through the technical bottlenecks of computer vision, positioning and navigation, natural language processing, multi-sensor perception and fusion, etc., have achieved Voice and vision-based intelligent human-computer interaction, adaptive environment, autonomous obstacle avoidance, multi-scene application and other functions have consolidated and improved the foundation and level of human-computer interaction technology and industrial fields.
The project has 10 representative invention patents, 10 utility model patents, 10 design patents in the field of human-computer interaction technology of service robots, and related products have won 1 China Patent Gold Award and 1 China Design Silver Award. the industry-leading level.
Diversified scene applications
Promote the popularization of service robots
On the basis of technological innovation, UBTECH has further developed service robots for diversified application scenarios such as education, home furnishing, medical and health care, business services, and health care, and incubated many representative intelligent robot products, which not only improved the The level of intelligence in all walks of life has also improved people's well-being and produced positive economic and social benefits.
After the outbreak of the new crown epidemic in 2020, UBTECH has developed a variety of anti-epidemic robots and solutions, working in 15 countries and regions around the world, protecting the safety of people's living and working environments, and helping the global epidemic prevention and control and the restoration of production and living order. China's leading artificial intelligence anti-epidemic products have been promoted and applied around the world, which has played a good role in the application and demonstration of the industry.
In addition, Youyou, the panda robot customized by Ubisoft for the China Pavilion at the Dubai World Expo, is also equipped with this technology. In October 2021, the panda robot Youyou, as the "Messenger of Peace and Friendship" of the China Pavilion, served as the intelligent guide docent of the China Pavilion. It has been on the job for more than five months, and has received more than 1.4 million visitors from all over the world, more than VIP delegations from government, enterprise and business circles from 40 countries and regions have received nearly 600 lectures and demonstrated China's AI to the world, which not only captured a large number of fans from all over the world, but also created the first large-scale humanoid service in human history. Robots are truly commercialized and applied.
At the same time, the project has also effectively promoted the breakthrough of related common technologies in the robotics industry and the coordinated development of the upstream and downstream industries of artificial intelligence, machinery, electronics, control, and sensing. For Shenzhen to build a modern, international and innovative city, it will take the lead in promoting the manufacturing industry. Quality changes, efficiency changes, and power changes have played an active role in creating a Shenzhen sample of high-quality development of the manufacturing industry.
The interaction ability of service robots is one of the most important product capabilities of robots, and it is also the main technical bottleneck restricting the further development of the industry and the landing of products. In the future, UBTECH will continue to cultivate hard-core technology, further improve the intelligence and flexibility of service robots, and promote the popularization and use of service robots in real life.
