Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL), the world’s largest maker of electric vehicle (EV) batteries, has started deploying humanoid robots at scale within its Zhongzhou production base in Luoyang, a city in central Henan province. The company on Wednesday described its deployment at scale as a “world’s first”, as humanoid robots built by start-up Spirit AI performed complex tasks with speeds that matched those of skilled human workers. Spirit AI’s Xiaomo robots have been assigned to plug in high-voltage battery connectors on the assembly line, according to CATL. This traditionally manual part of EV battery production had long been considered a security risk for human workers. Powered by CATL batteries, the Xiaomo robots are equipped with a Vision-Language-Action artificial intelligence model that enables them to recognise changes in their environment, such as a different plug-in position, and adjust their grip in real time.

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