Inside Ex-Robots factory in China's northeastern coastal city of Dalian, engineers develop humanoid robots with a focus on enhancing facial expressions and emotions. - REUTERS
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00:00Inside this factory in China, X-Robot's engineers are working on developing humanoid robots
00:06with a focus on enhancing facial expressions and emotions.
00:11So far, the main purpose of these hyper-realistic robots has been for display in museums.
00:17X-Robot's chief executive, Li Boyang, says humanoid robots are the most complex type
00:22of robot to build.
00:23The company uses artificial intelligence to teach robots how to recognize human facial
00:29expressions and mimic them.
00:33Like here, a humanoid robot is copying a worker's movement thanks to tiny motors installed
00:38in its head.
00:42We have our own software and algorithm teams.
00:45In terms of algorithms, we focus more on the part of AI that integrates with the robot.
00:49There are many basic models and algorithms that are commonly open source, which everyone
00:55uses.
00:56We concentrate more on how to enable the AI to recognize and express expressions and
01:01emotions.
01:02The company says it takes between two weeks and a month to produce just one humanoid robot.
01:08Prices range from 1.5 to 2 million yuan, or roughly $280,000.
01:14Looking ahead, Li believes humanoid robots will have a bigger role to play, not just
01:18in healthcare and education, but in other industries as well.
01:22There are a lot of jobs that humanoid robots can actually be competent at, and entering
01:27households must be the most massive demand.
01:30We also think that every person may have a humanoid robot in the future at home for their
01:36service, or even more than one.
01:38So when such a large number of demand appear, it is the time of the industry boom.