Recently, the high-quality development policy for the robot parts cluster area and embodied intelligence industry in Pudong New Area was released. The two levels of urban and rural areas have jointly issued 16 policies on embodied intelligence industry, providing strong support for the development of embodied intelligence industry from multiple levels and helping Pudong build a world-class industrial cluster of artificial intelligence.

In the Shanghai ABB Robot Super Factory located in Pudong, robots were already “on the job” last year to tighten screws on the production line. This year, with the empowerment of AI, the robots have achieved a 100% success rate in becoming “permanent employees”. Last year, we introduced a robot screw tightening workstation, and the accuracy of screw tightening was improved from 20% to 80% through deep learning. After further training of the model over the past year, the success rate of robot screw tightening on this production line can basically reach 100%, “said Han Chen, the head of ABB’s robotics business in China.

Recently, ABB Accelerator China Week was held simultaneously at the ABB Robot Super Factory and online platform in Shanghai. During the event, ABB showcased over 40 AI application solutions, showcasing the transformative power of AI from multiple dimensions. Currently, ABB has over 250 ongoing AI projects worldwide, covering both analytical AI and generative AI, which is more than double the number from a year ago. Among them, the ‘super factory’ already covers multiple aspects such as production, welding, and order forecasting.

As the first city in China to include robot density in its statistics, Shanghai’s key industrial robot density will reach 426 units per 10000 people in 2024, ranking at the world’s leading level. Currently, Shanghai is promoting the use of 10000 industrial robots in smart factories, aiming to achieve a density of 500 industrial robots per 10000 people in key manufacturing industries by 2025. As one of ABB’s largest robot factories in the world, the ABB Shanghai Gigafactory has become not only a production site but also a testing ground for AI innovation. Over the past year, with the emergence of cutting-edge technologies such as Deepseek, there has been a deeper exploration of new paradigms and applications generated by the use of artificial intelligence within the ‘super factory’. ”Han Chen stated.

When will humanoid robots truly “take up their posts”? An Shiming, President of ABB Group’s Robotics and Discrete Automation Division and member of ABB Group’s Executive Committee, believes that the continuous efforts of AI have enabled humanoid robots to evolve at a high speed. “For example, installing eyes on humanoid robots allows them to grasp more accurately, and refining joints makes robots more powerful and controllable. China occupies an important share of the global robotics market and has a fertile soil for innovation. The development of humanoid robots is very promising

During the ABB Accelerator China Week, the AI Hackathon competition attracted numerous participating teams from ABB China and around the world, receiving a total of about 350 AI proposals and application cases. The technologies involved include machine learning, deep learning, natural language processing, computer vision, and reinforcement learning.