Accompanied by soothing music, a embodied intelligent robot is accompanying the elderly person to slowly rise up and start practicing Tai Chi. I saw it smoothly and freely reproducing classic Tai Chi moves such as "Cloud Hand" and "Embracing Sparrow Tail", relying on its rope driven arm to draw soft and beautiful arcs in the air, while also accurately adjusting its footwork to achieve flexible displacement... This is a scene that the reporter recently saw in a nursing home in Shenzhen. On that day, Shenzhen Elderly Care Home reached a strategic cooperation agreement with Xingchen Intelligent (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. Both parties will collaborate based on technology and scenarios, focusing on the research and development of AI elderly care robots, multimodal data training, and the implementation of intelligent care systems, exploring new scenarios for elderly care services. According to the data of the National Bureau of Statistics, by the end of 2024, the population aged 60 and above in China has exceeded 300 million for the first time, accounting for 22.0% of the national population. The "2024 Survey and Research Report on the Occupational Status of Elderly Care Workers" shows that the shortage of elderly care workers in China has reached 5.5 million. Faced with this severe gap, technology is being seen as a key force to break through. Among them, embodied intelligent robots are being applied in multiple segmented scenarios for elderly care, such as life assistance, health monitoring, and emotional companionship. In the past elderly care service scenarios, labor costs were high, and there were also a series of problems such as difficulty in employment and difficulty in training professional and technical personnel. ”Wang Yuanyuan, Vice President of Shenzhen Elderly Care Home, said, "Nowadays, embodied intelligent robots can assist us in solving some problems. In the elderly care service scene, they will become powerful helpers for elderly care workers. So what kind of embodied intelligent robots can play a role in the elderly care service scene? Fang Ke, co-founder of Xingchen Intelligence (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., introduced that the elderly care scene is highly complex, which requires embodied intelligent robots to have intelligent "brains", flexible "bodies", and be easy to operate. Taking the Astribot S1 robot (hereinafter referred to as "S1") that accompanies the elderly in practicing Tai Chi as an example, Fangke introduced the DuoCore fast slow collaborative system they developed, which enables S1 to have the ability of "instinctive reaction+deep thinking". In the context of elderly care services, it can respond to various situations reasonably and has strong anti-interference ability, ensuring the continuity, stability, and reliability of guardianship work, "said Fang Ke. At the same time, the S1 single arm has 7 degrees of freedom, a maximum speed of over 10 meters per second, a rated load of 5 kilograms, and a repeat positioning error of only 10 microns. These performance indicators exceed the ability level of ordinary adult males. Fang Ke said, "S1 can achieve muscle level force control with millisecond level delay and millimeter level trajectory accuracy, which provides strong support for its precise operation in elderly care scenarios. ”In addition to the intelligent "brain" and flexible "body", safety is the cornerstone of the application of embodied intelligent robots in elderly care service scenarios. Taking S1 as an example, all its action systems have complete safety mechanisms to ensure that the robot does not harm itself, others, or the environment when performing tasks, collecting data, or attempting new behaviors. Fang Ke introduced that they plan to have the first batch of embodied intelligent robots conduct regular on-site operation and real-world testing at the joint training base, continuously improving the performance of embodied intelligent robots in elderly care service scenarios through practice. According to the agreement signed by both parties, they will also assist Shenzhen Elderly Care Home in developing operational standards, emergency response procedures, and human-machine collaboration mechanisms for embodied intelligent robots in the hospital, to ensure seamless integration of robot technology with the hospital's service system and better integration into elderly care service scenarios. (New Society)