
该机器人无需预建地图或遥控,可在复杂环境中自主通行
第26届中国国际工业博览会上,搭载纯视觉机器人端侧大脑的“旦宝”机器人发布。该技术使机器人摆脱对预设地图和遥控的依赖,实现自主理解环境与决策,且具备轻量化、低功耗的特点,为具身智能规模化落地提供路径。
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传统机器人主要依赖遥控、预编程或预先建图,难以适应环境变化。VSIN技术通过轻量化模型实现端侧实时运行。
中新网上海10月12日电 (记者 陈静)12日,在第26届中国国际工业博览会(下称:工博会)上,搭载纯视觉机器人端侧大脑的跑腿机器人“旦宝”正式发布。
复旦大学未来信息创新学院博士后张天资介绍,纯视觉机器人端侧大脑技术突破让机器人摆脱对预建地图等的依赖,将推动机器人自主化底层范式从“依赖预设”走向“自主理解”。“过去的机器人按预设或建图行动,未来的机器人要靠智能理解世界。”张天资说。
长期以来,机器人的运动与作业主要依靠三种方式:遥控、预编程和预先建图。在遥控之外,无论是预先设定的程序轨迹,还是预建地图,都要在运行之前给定,而非来自机器人自身对环境的实时理解。一旦环境或任务发生变化,就需要重新编程或重新建图。
据了解,仅凭视觉感知,在功耗不到20瓦的端侧芯片上实时完成空间理解与自主决策,“旦宝”即可在复杂、陌生的环境中自主通行,无需遥控,也无需预建地图。端侧大脑让机器人直接从视觉中理解所处的空间,并据此自主决策与行动,不再依赖实时遥控、预设程序或预建地图。
据介绍,在内核设计上,研发团队将机器人的各类运动与动作统一归纳为“导航”问题:移动是将本体导航至目标位置,抓取等操作则是将末端执行器导航至目标物体附近。该团队基于上述内核训练出的首项物理技能VSIN,已在工程样机上实现运行。轻量化是VSIN的一个重要特点。“当行业竞相提升机器人能力的上限时,我们团队着力率先解决物理智能规模化落地的下限。”张天资说。当前具身智能导航大模型的参数规模多为数十亿级,对算力要求较高,部分方案需依赖离机推理,难以直接部署于现有机器人本体。VSIN参数量约1.2亿,不足同类导航大模型的十分之一,可在20瓦以内的功耗下支持最多8路相机输入的端侧实时运行,为机器人物理智能的规模化部署提供了可行路径。
另据了解,研发团队正与跑腿配送、巡检、商用清洁等多类机器人开展适配,同时在国产端侧算力芯片上并行适配。团队将沿着“空间智能-任务智能-端侧通用智能”的路径,从让机器人自主行走,走向自主完成任务,再到理解意图、持续进化。
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研发团队将继续适配跑腿配送、巡检及商用清洁机器人。
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