Recently, the "Human-Machine Coexistence Future · ESTUN CoDroid New Product Release Conference" hosted by ESTUN CoDroid was successfully held in Shanghai. The conference focused on exploring the field of "AI+Robot" and the intelligent direction of industrial and collaborative robots. ESTUN CoDroid released an embodied intelligence robot platform and general-purpose collaborative robot products, which also means that ESTUN CoDroid has entered the "fast track" in the general intelligent robot field comprehensively. 

Wu Kan, General Manager of ESTUN Automation, said, "ESTUN has been deeply engaged in the field of industrial automation for 30 years. With the rapid development of artificial intelligence technology, ESTUN is also undergoing a transformation towards intelligence, constantly improving its comprehensive solution capabilities, meeting the non-standardized and unstructured needs of customers, and achieving high-quality development.

Wu Kan, General Manager of ESTUN Automation

In recent years, with the development of artificial intelligence technology, ESTUN keenly perceives that artificial intelligence and robotics will usher in new industrial opportunities. With the exploration of traditional industrial robots to intelligent robots, ESTUN CoDroid was officially established. In the future, ESTUN CoDroid will focus on the research and commercialization of AI+robotics fields.

▍Accelerate the landing of general machine and component products based on standardized and open platforms

Dr. Li Yuanping, founder and general manager of ESTUN CoDroid, stated that, ESTUN CoDroid is committed to delving deeper into the field of AI+robotics to solve the intelligent problems of robots. Currently, humanoid robots are widely concerned in the intelligent robot circuit, but ESTUN CoDroid believes that robot form is not the key, and how to improve the intelligent level of robots is the more critical issue. Therefore, ESTUN CoDroid has created the embodied intelligent robot platform CoDroid EIP, which will focus on robot applications based on the arm part to enhance the intelligence and flexibility of dexterous manipulation and mobile compound operations of the upper body.

Dr. Li Yuanping, Founder and General Manager of ESTUN CoDroid

Zang Jiawei, CTO of ESTUN CoDroid, said, In the process of enhancing the intelligence level of robots, we need to work around the key elements of perception, cognition, reasoning, decision-making and execution. At the   perception level, ESTUN CoDroid products combine the general perception capability and scene-specific perception capability, which can meet the perception needs of robots for multi-modal information in complex scenes. At the cognition and reasoning level, it relies on the multi-modal large model of the cloud superbrain, through its rich knowledge base and powerful general understanding ability, it can realize the cognition of the scene and the reasoning of the task. At the level of decision-making, it relies on the multi-modal small model of the edge brain, combined with Multimodal perception information in the actual interaction scenario, and then achieve reliable decision-making process. At the execution level, it relies on the action execution system of the cerebellum to implement the specific actions of the robot. In addition, the framework integrates relevant security mechanisms into various modules of the system, including data security, decision-making security, functional security, and intrinsic security based on self-developed bionic joint actuators.

Zang Jiawei, CTO of ESTUN CoDroid

CoDrive

Dr. Li Yuanping, the founder and general manager of ESTUN CoDroid, believes that "In addition to software, the implementation of embodied intelligence also requires the application of technology on the hardware level. ESTUN CoDroid has developed CoDrive joint modules and is also exploring the field of bionic joint modules. Currently, ESTUN CoDroid has three modular and standardized designs of bionic joint modules, namely elastic actuator EA, rope drive actuator CDA, and variable stiffness actuator VSA. The rope drive CDA series is based on Estun's globally leading rope drive technology with dynamic transparency, and is modularized, standardized, and integrated. These bionic joint modules are characterized by a combination of rigidity and flexibility compared to previous rigid joint modules. It is more suitable for the characteristics of human muscle and bone required by future general robots. In addition, ESTUN CoDroid has mastered the technology and products of dexterous hand with tactile sense.

CoTool Hand

CoDroid ARM

CoDrive Mobile ARM

CoDroid Dual ARM

Dexterous operation is the key to realizing the large-scale commercialization of general intelligent robots. Therefore, ESTUN CoDroid has defined three types of general-purpose products for dexterous operation, namely CoDroid ARM, CoDrive Mobile ARM, and CoDroid Dual ARM. All three types of general-purpose products use cloud integrated controller architecture to provide unified support from upper-level intelligent decision-making to lower-level servo control, which is not achievable by traditional robot controllers.

▍From openness to co-creation, the vision of general robots needs to work together with industrial partners

At the beginning of the brand launch, ESTUN CoDroid set "Cocreat the Human-CoDroid Future" as the company's mission. The development of the industry cannot be driven by one company, but requires upstream and downstream companies to embrace an open mind and work together with all partners to achieve this vision. Currently, ESTUN CoDroid has deep cooperation with Microsoft AI Co-Innovation Lab, creating innovative application scenarios of "Embodied Intelligence" through the combination of strong forces.

From the general robot development platform to the general form of terminal products, ESTUN CoDroid has explored a new way of thinking from software to hardware. In the future, it is expected to achieve a "Embodied Intelligence" robot industry revolution through standardization, modularization, and large-scale production, and promote the acceleration of the general intelligent robot industry.