Xiaomi already has big business in smartphones, smart home devices, and electric cars, but AI-powered robots may soon be added to that list. The company’s CEO Lei Jun recently released a behind-the-scenes video of the company’s humanoid robots performing tasks on a car production line, offering a glimpse into how Xiaomi tests its robots in a real factory setting. And this could be a hint at bigger plans for Xiaomi’s robotics business.
In a recent post on X, Lei shared an uncut video of Xiaomi’s humanoid robot continuously sorting center console side covers on a car production line.
“One of the most difficult challenges for factory robots is reliably handling large, irregular, and flexible parts over long periods of time,” Jun writes. “This is an uncut video of Xiaomi’s humanoid robot continuously sorting center console side covers on the production line.”
Watch the video below.
The video shows a Xiaomi-branded humanoid robot picking up car parts and placing them in designated boxes, while another wheeled robot with a humanoid upper body can also be seen moving around the factory floor in the background.
Although Xiaomi has not announced plans to commercially launch its humanoid robot, the latest video suggests that the company continues to expand real-world testing of the technology within its own manufacturing facilities.
Xiaomi’s first robot
Xiaomi entered the humanoid robot field for the first time in 2022, announcing CyberOne, a full-sized humanoid robot that can recognize people, perceive its surroundings, and perform simple interactions. At the time, the company described CyberOne as an important step in its robotics ambitions, but made it clear that the project was still in the research and development stage rather than a commercial product.
Since then, Xiaomi has steadily moved from exhibiting robots on stage to testing them in industrial environments. Earlier this year, the company also revealed that a humanoid robot it developed had successfully completed three continuous hours of autonomous work in an electric vehicle factory without human intervention.
According to Xiaomi, the robot performed a wide range of car assembly tasks, including tightening screw nuts, installing vehicle badges, peeling off protective films, picking and placing self-tapping nuts, and transporting material boxes. The company said the factory trials are the first step toward the stable use of humanoid robots in intelligent manufacturing.
At the time, Lei also revealed that Xiaomi plans to deploy “a large number” of self-developed humanoid robots at its factories over the next five years, although the company declined to say how many robots there would be or when broader deployment would begin.
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