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China is developing the world's first humanoid robot with artificial intelligence
When Fourier Intelligence unveiled the unique GR-1 AI humanoid robot at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai in July, it immediately caught everyone's attention, reports the Southern China Morning Post.
While the global tech community has been obsessed with artificial intelligence (AI) since the launch of OpenAI ChatGPT in November, the Chinese-made GR-1, capable of walking on two legs at a speed of 5 km per hour and carrying a load of 50 kg, reminded people of bipedal robots, about the potential that global companies from Tesla to Xiaomi are developing.
For Shanghai-based startup Fourier, the triumph of the GR-1 robot was unexpected.
The attention of the Chinese company has not always been focused on humanoid robots. Named after the 19th-century French mathematician and physicist Jean-Baptiste Joseph Fourier, the company was originally founded in 2015 at Shanghai's Zhanjiang Technology Center with the goal of developing regenerative robotics.
The GR-1 robot has already been shipped in small quantities to some universities and artificial intelligence companies for research and development purposes, company founder Alex Gu said. It plans to start mass production by the end of the year and deliver thousands of robots by 2024.
