Exclusive | Robot Competition First Gold Medal Winner Wang Xingxing: It's Like a Spring Festival Gala
Phoenix Technology News (Author/Dong Yuqing) August 15, a historic first gold medal in robot racing was born at the National Speed Skating Stadium, and the champion is a familiar face - Yu Shu H1. During the competition, Phoenix Technology News had an exclusive interview with the winning team on the scene and spoke to Wang Xingxing.
Wang Xingxing told Phoenix Technology News, "This robot that won the championship is exactly the same as the one on Spring Festival Gala, a very representative robot, and this robot is our company's first humanoid robot since its establishment. It was actually from 2023, when we could run at a speed of about 3.3 meters per second (now it must be faster), and possibly run even farther distances. I think this is a very memorable thing for the entire industry."
This is also the first public appearance by H1 since Spring Festival Gala, Phoenix Technology News has learned that this competition brought together teams from 16 countries with 280 robots and over 500 humanoid robots, covering universities, enterprises, and top international teams. In addition to Yu Shu's official participation as a competitor, many universities and third-party teams chose to use Yu Shu's robots for the competition.
Yu Shu only sent out one H1 robot product this time, with on-site participating robot companies telling Phoenix Technology News that "Yu Shu H1 is really very fast, extremely fast". They believe that based on its performance in training races, "nobody can beat Yu Shu".
Regarding the challenges of this competition, Wang Xingxing mentioned during the interview that "I think there are challenges for all racing competitions, especially the classic ones like 1,500 meters and 100-meter finals. I think everyone can pay attention to the next part, which includes 400-meter and 4x100-meter relay events, as well as 100-meter sprints. Today's results are within expectations, basically all of them are within expectations." Our team's performance may be the best historical record, with some room for improvement."
Wang Xingxing said that this time H1 mainly upgraded its software to focus on speed and endurance. During Spring Festival Gala, it was equipped with a 3D lidar, full-automatic scene mapping, full-automatic formation changes, and full-automatic dance, as well as group dance. It is more difficult for multiple robots to perform automatic shows than single robots. This time, the focus is on extreme speed and endurance, with some adjustments to the algorithm."