In recent years, when we talked about humanoid robots It is normal to think that machines they look like peoplethat is, robots with two arms, two legs and a shape very similar to humans, designed to work in factories or live with people, which in a few years has become a reality. This concept is very popular, but it also generates a series of doubts, since in many cases more is sought than the robot looks like a human that you are truly effective in your work.
This is why, against this trend, a Chinese company has created a new industrial robot called MIRO-U which breaks the humanoid aesthetic and goes for something much more different from the humanoid robots we see today. According to information from the South China Morning Post, the place where the human body is copied, it was designed solely for work better and faster within a factory.
The not-so-humanoid humanoid robot: without legs and with six arms
It is true that at first glance it has several recognizable elements such as a head or a body, but basically it is so that the robot can fit into jobs designed for people for decades. Of course his design is very different and instead of having two arms he has six and he also has no legs.
The six arms are the key to how MIRO-U works: the lower arms are in control tasks that require strength and the arms are busy in more delicate work. In this way, the robot can perform different tasks at the same time without having to stop or change position.
To move, use a wheel system in a vertical lifting mechanism which allows it to be raised and lowered, depending on the height of where the workstation is located. Your torso can fully rotate up to 360 degreessomething that gives you a lot of freedom to move around the factory and adapt to different positions without having to readjust every time.
MIRO-U was presented on December 5 at the Greater Bay Area New Economy Forum by the company Midea, which says this design allows save time by improving the efficiency of production lines by up to 30%. They define it as a different way of understanding industrial robots: they look less like humans, but are more useful in their daily work.
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