At the press conference held by Xiaomi on the evening of August 10, Lei Jun took the stage to bring Xiaomi's self-developed CyberDog quadruped robot, nicknamed "Iron Egg".
At that time, I felt that this robot was a bit stupid and stupid, without a very amazing feeling, nor did I feel that it was a product of a cutting-edge technology! From xiaomi's latest introduction to the "iron egg", there is a new understanding of the "iron egg". Let's take a look:
The CyberDog Bionic Quadruped Robot not only has a bionic gait of motion, but also has a bionic visual and auditory interaction experience, which can follow commands, recognize the owner and even automatically follow the owner's movements. Equipped with a high-precision environmental perception system, 11 high-precision sensors throughout the body transmit information to the AI brain in real time, which can perceive environmental information such as images, light, distance, speed, and sound, and restore more realistic biological reactions.
According to the latest introduction of Xiaomi, the mysterious function that will be launched soon will be launched?
A: Based on xiaomi's self-developed human body detection, human weight recognition, face detection recognition, indoor map navigation and other algorithms, iron egg can achieve face recognition, intelligent following, autonomous obstacle avoidance, as well as taking photos, video and other functions.
B: The iron egg head is equipped with a 13 million pixel wide-angle camera, according to the relative height of the iron egg and the human body, we have designed a suitable elevation angle, so that the robot dog can maximize the capture of the face and human body information in front. The user can enter the owner's face feature information through the APP at the first time when he gets the iron egg, so the iron egg can compare and identify everyone that appears in the picture through the visual algorithm, so that the iron egg can identify the owner through the face.
C: Iron Egg is equipped with AI interactive cameras and 2 150° ultra-wide angle fisheye cameras, with depth camera modules, so that Iron Egg has super visual spatial perception ability, laying a hardware foundation for iron eggs' intelligent follow-up function. The autonomous follow function of iron egg is completed by multiple algorithm modules, and the software algorithm modules involved include: face recognition, humanoid detection, human body ReID, human position calculation, SLAM mapping, path planning, navigation obstacle avoidance and other algorithm modules.
D: Iron Egg has the function of autonomous positioning and navigation. The iron egg head is equipped with sensors such as an AI interactive camera, a binocular ultra-wide-angle camera, and an Intel® Realsense™ D450 depth camera. Using these sensors, SLAM technology is used to achieve the positioning of iron eggs and environmental perception, and to build a navigation map. Through the APP, users can view the map and select the destination. After the destination is confirmed, the iron egg can automatically plan the forward route to the target point through navigation planning technology, and independently avoid obstacles encountered during the movement. Simply put, SLAM technology tells Iron Egg where you are and what your surroundings are like. Navigation tells The Iron Egg where you go and how to get there.
E: Iron Egg has the function of exploring unknown environments and object detection, and realizes the function of finding while walking. The use of the head vision module to perceive the local environment in real time, find the boundaries and passable areas in the environment, at the same time, in the process of walking, the object detection algorithm is constantly used to locate and classify the objects in the scene in real time, and when a specific object is detected in the scene, this position is used as a navigation target, and a feasible path is planned and walked past.
F: Iron Egg brings together Xiaomi's core technology accumulation, including but not limited to machine learning, biometrics, computer vision, etc. Under the application of high-end hardware modules and a variety of software algorithms, Iron Egg can achieve more realistic biological reactions and environmental observation and identification capabilities. In the future, at the level of visual interaction, we will create more interesting gameplay, open up more new features, and make the interaction scene of the iron egg more abundant; and will continue to develop and optimize the algorithm framework for SLAM and navigation suitable for the iron egg platform, so that it has better performance, and still has accurate mapping and positioning capabilities and navigation obstacle avoidance capabilities in complex environments. In addition, machine vision, navigation obstacle avoidance, human-computer interaction, Al voice algorithm and other technologies can feed back mobile phones, smart homes and other products.
Xiaomi executive Liu Cixin said: "Technology and science fiction are both extensions of human imagination and are closely related to human future life. Technology has turned science fiction into reality in many ways. ”
About the "iron egg" now it seems that the potential of this little guy is enormous.