Shanghai’s World AI Conference (WAIC) 2024

Embodied intelligence has taken center stage at Shanghai’s World AI Conference (WAIC) 2024, indicating up-and-coming prospects of a more convenient lifestyle for humanity. Tesla’s latest humanoid robot Optimus Gen2 wowed visitors with its astonishing performances, with its walking speed increased by 30 percent, and 10 fingers able to sense the weight and texture of different objects.

Next year, some 1,000 Optimus robots will help human complete production tasks in the Tesla factory, and its CEO Elon Musk has made a bold prediction that the number of humanoid robots will surpass human workforce one day.

Industry insiders believe embodied intelligence will create entirely new ways of life. In the future, robots will not only understand the physical world, but also operate within it flexibly and collaborate with human seamlessly.