Tech expo comes to Taipei, showing us the future

Add TT as Preferred Source Intelligent Asia, Taiwan’s largest industrial exhibition and a major platform for artificial intelligence (AI), robotics and automation, opened yesterday at the Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center. The expo, which runs through Saturday, showcases key technologies required for humanoid robots, including.

At the show, Coretronic Intelligent Logistics Solutions Corp (中光電智能物流) is showcasing its autonomous mobile robot carrier and forklift. Coretronic Intelligent senior project manager Ritz Chang (張明儒) said the carrier could be used in a wide range of settings, such as unloading cargo at ports.

What Happened

Several food delivery services in the US are deploying thousands of AI-driven delivery couriers, Chang said. Hiwin Technologies Corp (上銀科技) is displaying a humanoid robot designed to supply components in supply chains, as well as an eight-axis robotic arm capable of making.

• The exhibition features about 1,200 vendors from 16 countries and regions across 4,500 booths across halls 1 and 2, showcasing advanced technologies including AI-powered robots, automation equipment and smart logistics, event organizers said.

• Swancor Holding chairman Robert Tsai (蔡朝陽) said the company estimates Taiwan’s annual robot dog market at more than 3,000 units, worth NT$2 billion to NT$3 billion (US$62 million to US$93 million).

• Those developments were made possible thanks to a platform that allows domestic companies to test and replace key components, including motors, visual sensors and joints, to build a local robotics supply chain and combine.

Key Details

Hiwin deputy general manager Kyle Wong (翁振民) said the company developed the robots in anticipation of greater automation in the logistics sector. Swancor Robotech, a subsidiary of Swancor Holding Co (上緯投控), is demonstrating the capacity of the company’s quadrupedal robot at the.

• The Industrial Technology Research Institute has worked with Compal Electronics Inc (仁寶), Inventec Corp (英業達) and Solomon Technology Corp (所羅門) to develop robots for firefighting, security and infrastructure inspections.

• The government is also developing a domestic quadrupedal robot platform.

• They can also climb stairs and overcome obstacles.

Why It Matters

The company said it plans to launch a robot dog fully designed and developed in Taiwan, dubbed the "Taiwanese native dog," by the middle of next year.

• Swancor said its robot dogs can perform autonomous navigation, image recognition, voice commands and environmental sensing for applications including power facility and factory inspections.

• Local assembly is expected to begin by the end of this year, as the company aims to develop core technologies including the robot’s "brain," control systems and joint modules, moving beyond its current role.

What Reports Say

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• Continued reporting by Taipei Times as more details emerge