Chery debuts advanced robot with human-like movements, Deepseek intelligence
Presented at the Chery Group's Intelligent Strategy Launch held in Wuhu, China, recently, AiMOGA the robot can walk at a humanoid speed of one metre per second.
It can also make 41 independent movements, otherwise referred to as 'degrees of freedom', with 12 movements in the highly dexterous hand alone.
AiMOGA is equipped with a dual-core intelligent computing 'brain', which makes use of Deepseek artificial intelligence to achieve multimodal perception and a high degree of general knowledge.
The robot can interact in natural dialogue in 10 languages, with an accuracy rate of up to 95%, Chery says. It can also master industry-specific expertise in just one hour, allowing it to cater to personalised needs across many different scenarios.
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