Overview
- CEO Lei Jun said the robots are planned to take on assembly-line tasks now performed by workers, marking a shift to AI-centered production.
- At Xiaomi’s EV plant, an AI vision model paired with X-ray imaging performs part inspections roughly ten times faster and more than five times more accurately than manual checks.
- Lei framed the transition as the start of a potential trillion-yuan market for automation and intelligent manufacturing technologies.
- He called for shared platforms and cross-industry partnerships, arguing that no single company can manage the complexity of next-generation factory systems.
- Lei projected that household humanoid robots could become an even larger market than factory units due to higher performance demands in complex home environments.