Author: Guan Hongye
Although China's new energy vehicles are rapidly approaching the annual sales scale of 5 million units, the vision of human mobility has not been fully opened. In the Meta metaverse world, what proportion of "cars" will occupy is still an undecided variable.
At the end of last year, Elon Musk made a high-profile announcement that the humanoid robot will be Tesla's "most important product" this year, and its status is even higher than that of the much-talked about Cyberteruck and other vehicles.
In January this year, Zheng Yixuan, president of Hyundai Motor Group, who visited the CES site in the United States, believed that as an intelligent mobile service provider, we must carefully consider robot technology. Hyundai's goal, he said, is to turn mobility services into meta-mobility.
Zheng Yixuan, President of Hyundai Motor Group
Meta is still a bit far from real life, but we are no strangers to robots. A robot art exhibition, held in collaboration with Hyundai Motor Corporation, is being held at the 798 Hyundai Motor Culture Center in Beijing, inspiring an innovative understanding of robotics and the future of human mobility.
Ultimate Robot: One with Humans
Walking into the "Hello, Robots - Humans, Machines and Design" exhibition is like opening a fantasy door, and all kinds of robots and related technology and art exhibits follow.
From "Science and Imagination" to "Design for Work", from "Friends and Assistants" to "Man and Machine in One", the four theme units are set up, which actually summarizes the development process of robots. And Star Wars, mechanical public enemies, Blade Runner, Gundam Warriors and other IP all appeared, instantly evoking the excitement of technology fans.
In fact, in contemporary life, it is difficult to have a precise definition of "robot", and our cars, washing machines, ATMs and many other devices have been partially automated. If you think from different perspectives, you will find that the technology with robots as the protagonist has had an earth-shaking impact on human life. In the future, our environment will become more intelligent, autonomous and self-learning.
“Have you ever met a robot? Have you ever encountered a robot? "Would you live in a robot Would you rather live in a robot?" Throughout the 14 questions, it gradually leads to the final picture: human and machine becoming one, human living in the "machine".
This is not limited to the houses and apartments inhabited by modern people, but far more than these - any environment, as long as it is equipped with sensors and smart devices, boosters, can become robots. Including the machine part of our body will also dissolve the distinction between humans and machines.
Obviously, in the future robot ecology, for cars, whether it is automatic driving or human-computer interaction, artificial intelligence or Metavalse metaverse, it is just a subset of the "robot" category. The thinking triggered by robots may not have a clear answer until it is "one".
The ultimate mobility solution: Metamobility Meta Mobility
But one thing is certain that for Hyundai Motors, this "Hello, Robot" science fiction show is not just an art exhibition, but also reflects its deep thinking and preemptive layout of human future mobility ecology.
At the CES show in the United States in January this year, Hyundai Motor unveiled its future vision in the field of robotics and meta-universes under the theme of "Expanding the Mobility Experience" Expanding Human Reach. It is predicted that modern cars will promote the transformation of the future mobility mode of human society through the combination of robotic technology and meta-universe.
Zheng Yixuan believes that it is necessary to explore the forefront of science and technology, that is, robot technology robots. In his view, robotics will span all areas of business. In the future, modern mobility services will become meta-mobility Meta mobility, and modern robotics will exist on peer robots that collaborate with humans.
Meta mobility means that smart devices are connected to the Metavalse metaverse, and the scope of human mobility will be extended to the virtual world, allowing users to realize a new dimension of mobility experience. When the virtual world is connected to the real world through robots, users can also feel the vivid experience of being in the field.
In this process, innovative technologies such as artificial intelligence AI and autonomous driving will break the boundaries of future mobility, cars and Urban Air Mobility urban air mobility, and multiple mobility modes will become smart devices that connect Metavalse.
In other words, the car is not just a car, but also a Metamorbibility that expands the user's mobile travel experience, an ecosystem that gives things mobility and a "smart robot" for humans. Users can enter a virtual world like reality in the car and interact with real robots without physical constraints. The new PnD (Plug & Drive) module platform, based on core robotics, will give all objects mobility.
Obviously, how to go beyond the scope of traditional means of transportation and meet human desire for free movement, modern cars think farther and start earlier.
At the "Hello, Robot" exhibition, the staff of Modern China showed us Boston Dynamics' robot dog, the four-legged robot Spot. Spot's rich and flexible body movements have been shown to be widely used in commercial and industrial fields, and can even challenge difficult and even dangerous work under human standards.
It is worth mentioning that in June last year, Hyundai Motor completed the acquisition of Boston Dynamics. In September of the same year, based on Spot's first landing project, the "Factory Safety Inspection Robot" responsible for the safety of industrial site operations has begun trial operation in Kia Guangming Factory.
"Extending people's mobility solutions to Metamorbidity will provide people with a lot of arbitrariness to act."
Beyond human limitations, explore new possibilities, and realize robot-based travel mode innovation, modern cars are far more forward-looking and innovative than the modern one-sided cognition.