As an important p₩↑art of intelligent manufacturing,σ✔ the industrial robot ind±₩ustry has developed and grown for mβ>ore than half a century.

According to third-party data, the nuγ↑mber of robots sold in China in∞∞δ↕ 2023 will exceed 280,000 unit♠πs. However, industrial robots↓★÷ still face many cha©≥llenges such as complex robot£® programming, complex •∞object technology, and ♦α₩₩poor consistency of incoming materia÷φ©ls in the popularization and promotion‌↕€ of most general industri<™§​al scenarios, which ε→makes the penetration rat α×e of industrial robots still §¥₽low, and the market has not formed a su'♥stained explosive growth, which urge♦¶ntly needs the bless♣•ing of intelligent capabilitiφ¶es to overcome.

On August 21, on the ★βλoccasion of the opening of the World R§€£εobot Conference, the launchi¥±♠ng ceremony of the joint •✔>laboratory of EFORT/Qizhi​✔ →, Tsinghua University and Univers& ity of Science and Technology of Chin×≥a (hereinafter referred to as &quo↕••t;USTC") and the foru≤♠ δm of embodied intelligence y≤  ↔oung scientists were successfully♦ε held in Wuhu. At the same timeΩ∑$, EFORT announced a n$•ew strategy to cut into the embodied i§σntelligent track at this event.

At this event, Tsinghua Unive &∑rsity, University of Sci★>®πence and Technology of China, EFORT,✔σ Qizhi Robotics established a ♦×joint laboratory announced the offiπφcial launch, around the joint la λ εboratory, to jointly carry​♦π out the field of embodied intelli÷↓βgence perception, decision-making, ↔∏planning and control related forwa≈♠•≠rd-looking technology and common®α"≤ technology platform research and←™£₽ exploration, to promote the suβ≠bversive breakthrough of robot¥§ ' intelligent capabilities. At t↓γhe same time, it is deeply eng®φaged in core areas such as →αcomputing and percepti≤∞♠on technology, system desΩ✔ign and control strategy, driv₹×≤ing the rapid development of intellig ↔ent robot technology, and contr​∑ibuting to the indepen>$&≠dent innovation and core competiδ©λΩtiveness improvement♣♦ of robot technology in Anhui Provinc©£e and even the whole cou☆​ntry.