Observation | Embodied AI Enters Factories and Warehouses: After a Smarter Brain, What Else Do Robots Need to Compete On?
观察｜具身智能走进工厂和仓库：大脑更聪明之后，机器人还要比什么？
At the CeMAT exhibition in Shanghai on November 3, 2026, robotics companies demonstrated advanced embodied intelligence applications in logistics, including Cainiao's climbing robots with four-directional pick-and-place capabilities that improve efficiency by 15% and storage density by 20%, Yuanli Lingji's multi-agent systems handling standard and complex items, and Xiangong Intelligence's AI delivery robots adapted for narrow aisles. The report analyzes the trade-offs between specialized hardware costs, such as dexterous hands comprising up to one-third of a humanoid robot's price, and the economic viability of deploying these technologies versus traditional automation or human operators for exception handling.
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（来源：澎湃新闻） 在具身智能的效率、成本和商业化前景仍被反复追问时，工厂和仓库里，机器人已承担部分搬运、存取和分拣任务。
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今年5月，Figure开展了三台机器人持续200小时的包裹分拣直播；在各类行业大会上，不少具身智能企业都展示了包裹抓取、翻面、分拣等作业；星动纪元与中国邮政、顺丰合作，将相关机器人部署至物流中心……仓储物流已经成为机器人应用的重要场景。
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据介绍，此次升级后，攀爬机器人运行效率提升15%，存储密度提升20%。
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王子豪介绍，改为曲线行走，每次转弯可以节省约两秒，一台机器人在仓内多次转弯、多台设备持续运行，节省的时间就会不断累积。
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据介绍，这一“上存下拣”方案已在多家企业应用，单体项目物流机器人数量超过100台。
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按照方案设计，约60%的标准、易拣商品由经济型机械手处理，约20%的复杂商品由具身机器人处理，其余约20%的长尾任务由人工兜底，并承担异常处理。
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据介绍，仙工智能的“机器人大脑”已适配400多种核心零部件类型，支撑2000多个机器人SKU。
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