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Key takeaway
Pia Automation is expanding from robot production-line services into joint development of robot bodies and key components, but the reducers remain at the prototype and planning stages, and industrial AI software is also in the early stages of application.
What does the collaboration with AgiBot cover?
A wholly owned subsidiary of Pia Automation and AgiBot have established a joint venture to jointly develop, produce and sell general-purpose humanoid robot bodies. Pia Automation also supplies components to AgiBot.
The existing collaboration also includes assembly and testing services for AgiBot’s humanoid and wheeled robots. The company is also exploring customer customization and offering several customized housing solutions.
How far has development of key components progressed?
The company is collaborating with enterprises to develop rotary joint modules. Development of the first cycloidal-type reducer prototype has been completed, and another 4 products in the same series are planned.
This initiative extends the collaboration to components related to robot joints. The progress disclosed so far consists of a completed prototype and plans for subsequent products; mass delivery has not yet begun.
What practical applications are there for industrial AI and robot fleets?
The company’s self-developed industrial software, piaAI, can be installed in high-end equipment it manufactures according to customer needs, or used to make customers’ production lines more intelligent. Its development and application remain at an early stage, and it has yet to generate actual revenue on a standalone basis.
The piaAMR industrial robot fleet customized by the company for a global tier-one automotive parts supplier is already in mature use on a light-truck production line. The two parties are also discussing the use of the robot fleet on a production line for electric drive systems for new-energy vehicles.
The company has also developed embodied agents for complex assembly, as well as industrial AI applications such as enterprise AI knowledge bases and AI coding assistants, covering assembly actions and enterprise software tools.
