Will robots that can control and even kill humans appear next year?
There is a movie called “I Robot” starring Will Smith that was released in 2004.
Home The movie is set in Chicago, USA in 2035. In the future society of 2035, NS-4, a robot that coexists with humans, will play an active role. Robots help people live rich lives by doing housework and lifting heavy objects. The way the robot is driven is definitely based on artificial intelligence (AI).
We saw a dystopia where robots created to help humans end up trying to kill or control humans.
However, this movie may soon become a reality.
This is because humanoid robots that look like humans may become a full-fledged part of our daily lives this year.
History of “industrial robots” since the 1960s
Humanoid robots can perform a variety of tasks such as walking, talking, and moving objects. They also look similar to humans. It recognizes human needs, communicates, and makes its own decisions.
Home These humanoid robots are emerging as the first trend to permeate the industry as we head into the new year of 2025. This is because global conglomerates at home and abroad, such as Tesla, Nvidia, Samsung Electronics, and Hyundai Motors, are each drawing up their own visions for business expansion. their robot business.
Let’s briefly look back on the history of robots.
Home In 1961, the industrial robot “Unimate” was introduced. The robot performed simple repetitive tasks on the manufacturing floor. Since then, more than 50 robotics companies have sprung up in the United States alone in the 1980s. The practical use of robots began in the 1980s with the appearance of a robot called “Delta” that looked like a spider’s legs.
The Swiss company Demorex has successfully supplied the Delta robot as a robot for packaging foods such as chocolate and pretzels. Since then, robots have been used to assemble electronic products and manufacture semiconductors. All the robots you see in factories these days that perform things like packaging, assembling, and welding products are made by Delta.
Home In the 2000s, robots that expanded beyond the boundaries of factories appeared. Cleaning robots such as robot vacuum cleaners and serving robots that move when serving meals. It is significant that the role of robots has expanded from factories to offices, homes, and stores.
Home Boston in 2015. Ever since Na Mi Mix’s quadrupedal robot Spot and bipedal robot Atlas were published on YouTube, robots that move more like humans than we imagined have begun to be put into practical use.
Of course, there were HUBO robots before that, but they only walked. Boston Dynamics’ robots are designed to recognize and carry out human commands, demonstrating advanced technology.
Then, in March 2024, the humanoid robot announced by humanoid development startup Figure AI will shock humanity.
Figure AI is a startup founded by engineers from Boston Dynamics.
Home The robot “Figure 01″ was created by Figure AI in collaboration with ChatGPT developer OpenAI. When a person asks, “What do you see on the table?” Figure 01 says, “I see you standing in front of a dish dryer table with an apple, a cup, and a plate. ” I answer.
“Give me some food,” I say, and he picks up an apple from the table and hands it to me. When I ask him, “Why did you give me an apple?” he replies that it’s because apples were the only food on the table. When someone asks you to make capsule coffee, you put the capsules into the coffee machine without hesitation, run the machine at full capacity, and the coffee is completed.
This video is shocking because it’s not working based on what has already been programmed.
It’s not programmed to say, “I’ll answer this in this sentence,” but rather to talk in real time and execute the commands it receives in real time. Equipped with generation AI, it will be possible to make decisions and take actions on its own.
Generative AI is why humanoid robots are getting more attention this year. Generative AI, which first appeared in the world in November 2022, has evolved further over the past two years and is now appearing before our eyes as robots.
As AI evolves, it will become possible to implement human thinking systems as they are. High-level robots that understand language and social interactions may emerge. Sunny from the movie “iRobot” appears as a customer service and domestic helper.
Is 2026 the first year of “robot mass production”?… Elon “chosen” it
Home This year and next year are shaping up to be the most talked-about first or second years in the history of humanoid robots.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the company plans to produce a small batch of its AI-equipped humanoid robot, Optimus, for internal use this year and deploy it at Tesla factories. The company plans to begin mass production in 2026 and sell it externally.
At a shareholder meeting in June last year, Musk announced that Tesla would have more than 1,000 Optimus machines in operation at its factories in 2025, and announced plans to generate $1 trillion a year from mass-producing robots.
Tesla began developing a humanoid robot in 2021. We announced the Optimus prototype at the end of September 2023. In December of the same year, he unveiled an evolved Optimus that walked much faster and moved his five fingers more smoothly than the September release. In January 2024, we also released a video of folding clothes.
Home Nvidia plans to release Jetson Thor, a small computer for humanoid robots, in the first half of this year.
Jetson Thor is a computer that performs artificial intelligence (AI) tasks for robots. We decided to install a transformer engine that provides 800 teraflops (TF) of AI performance.
One teraflop is 1 trillion operations per second, so it can perform 800 trillion operations. In addition, Nvidia’s next-generation GPU “Blackwell” will also be installed.
OpenAI is creating connections with robots in all directions, including investment in Figure AI, which independently developed a coffee-making robot, and Norwegian robot startup 1X. Figure AI has also decided to introduce its Figure 01 product to German car manufacturer BMW.
Chinese companies also began mass production of humanoid robots in the latter half of last year, and this year heralds the arrival of the era of mass production. Late last month, Chinese robot company Luge Robot began operating a line capable of producing 200 humanoid robots a year. Luz Robot’s humanoid robot “Cuapu” is equipped with Huawei’s generative AI.
Among domestic companies, Hyundai Motor is struggling to expand its robot business. Automakers are already warm to robots, with 30% of the world’s industrial robots installed in their factories.
Home Among them is Boston, Inc., a quadrupedal robot that shocked humanity in 2015. In 2021, it acquired ImaMix from SoftBank Group. At the time, he bought it for 1 trillion won and gave Hyundai Motor Chairman Chung Ei 240 billion won. – Sun’s personal assets.
Boston developed the humanoid robot “Atlas” in 2013, and Lee Namix announced the second generation product in April last year. Last November, we showcased our technological advances by watching an Atlas robot take on the role of moving an engine cover part from the factory to a mobile storage box like a real human.
Home Samsung Electronics’ exercise of a call option on Rainbow Robotics, a robot company in which it already owns nearly 15% of the stock and became its largest shareholder with a 35% stake at the end of last month, is an extension of this race for humanoid robots. It’s in
Rainbow Robotics was founded in 2011 by researchers at KAIST Hubo Lab, which developed South Korea’s first bipedal robot, and will now be included in Samsung Electronics’ consolidated financial statements.
The fact that Rainbow Robotics’ stock price rose more than 40% after the news release itself proves that expectations for robots in the market are increasing.
According to a research report released by Taiwan’s KGI Securities, humanoid robots are expected to officially begin mass production in 2025 and be introduced to the company’s industrial sites in 2026.
According to research, it is expected to reach the civilian user sector between 2029 and 2032. TrendForce also predicts that the global humanoid robot market will exceed US$2 billion (KRW 2,943.6 billion) by 2027. Average annual growth is expected to reach $1 million. 154% over last year over the next three years.
In 2035, will there be humanoid robots that help humans with their jobs, work in factories, or help with housework at home, like in the movie “iRobot”? Will AI emerge as a threat to control humans? It starts this year.
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