Xiaomi tested its own humanoid robots directly on an electric vehicle assembly line. According to the company’s founder and CEO, Lei Jun, during tests at the automobile plant, the robots operated completely autonomously for three hours, performing assembly operations on vehicle components without human intervention.
The published footage shows the humanoid machines picking up fasteners and carefully securing them into designated locations on the underbody. When working simultaneously on both sides, installation accuracy reached 90.2%. The production cycle was up to 76 seconds per vehicle.
The company emphasized that the greatest challenges were precisely positioning parts, different nut types, and the effect of magnetic fields on the gripping mechanisms. In addition to tightening fasteners, the robots also performed other operations, such as removing protective film, installing brand emblems, and transporting materials. Xiaomi states that this is a real-world application of the technology in a production environment, rather than a demonstration laboratory test.
In the next five years, Xiaomi plans to deploy humanoid robots on a large scale in its factories, but the company has not yet disclosed specific indicators or timelines. The development is based on the TacRefineNet haptic model and does not use cameras or 3D models of objects. Additionally, a vision-language-action system is used, responsible for task recognition and action coordination.
As a reminder, Honor unveiled its first robot, which dances and shakes hands.
To be continued…
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