Humanoid Robotic Battery Manufacturing — CATL Achieves A World First

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The world’s main battery producer, CATL, has determined to flex a few of its robotic muscular tissues this month. It has revealed the primary humanoid robotic battery manufacturing line…. That’s, a battery manufacturing line “manned” by humanoid robots.

To begin with, sure, these humanoid robots have apparently changed human employees. In truth, one robotic’s day by day workload is reportedly triple that of a human employee….

These humanoid robots are being deployed at CATL’s battery manufacturing facility in Luoyang, Henan.

“CATL (HKG: 3750, SHE: 300750) has develop into the world’s first battery producer to deploy humanoid robots at scale in battery pack manufacturing, changing human labor in a number of essential processes,” CnEVPost writes. “Named ‘Xiaomo’ (or Little Mo), the humanoid robotic can now exactly execute complicated duties like battery connector insertion, marking a milestone breakthrough in making use of embodied intelligence to manufacturing, the corporate mentioned.” (Word that one other Chinese language web site, CarNewsChinainterprets the robotic title as “Moz.”)

Hmm…. Maybe the period of robots changing human employees actually is upon us. What number of extra issues will robots be doing in factories in 2026? After which there are all the approaching robotaxis. What about autonomously pushed long-distance vehicles, warehouse robots, and robotic waiters (nicely, not but I’m positive).

“Xiaomo replaces human operators within the EOL (Finish of Line) and DCR (Direct Present Inner Resistance) processes throughout battery pack manufacturing — the ultimate purposeful exams earlier than the packs go away the road,” CnEVPost goes on. “These levels historically relied on handbook labor, the place employees needed to exactly join take a look at plugs carrying a whole lot of volts of excessive voltage to designated positions on the battery pack. This course of carried dangers of high-voltage arcing and offered challenges together with inconsistent effectivity and high quality. Xiaomo has reworked this case, because it incorporates an end-to-end Imaginative and prescient-Language-Motion (VLA) mannequin, granting it strong environmental notion and job execution capabilities, CATL mentioned.

“The humanoid robotic autonomously handles uncertainties like materials place deviations and connection level variations, dynamically adjusting its operational posture in actual time. When inserting or eradicating versatile wiring harnesses, it dynamically modulates drive to make sure dependable connections with out damaging elements.”

CarNewsChina provides: “Based on CATL, the robotic excels in three key areas:

• Precision adaptation: Moz can independently alter to incoming materials place deviations and connection level modifications, constantly modifying its operational posture in real-time.
• Versatile operation: When inserting and eradicating versatile wire harnesses, Moz dynamically adjusts its drive to make sure dependable connections with out damaging elements.
• Effectivity and reliability: In precise manufacturing, Moz maintains a connection success fee above 99%, with operational effectivity matching that of expert human employees.”

I feel there’s sufficient there to point this isn’t only a gimmick. This can be a actually helpful and multifaceted robotic. “Moz has develop into an indispensable member of our manufacturing line,” CATL states. “Past its major duties, it autonomously detects wire harness connection standing, studies anomalies instantly to cut back defect charges, and proactively switches to inspection mode between operations.”

The robotic was not developed by CATL, however quite by Spirit AI, a startup based mostly in Hangzhou and simply based in 2024! That mentioned, CATL is a monetary backer of the startup. So, we might as nicely say it’s beneath the CATL umbrella.

Naturally, the robotic — whether or not you name it Little Mo or Moz — is powered by CATL batteries.