SAIC Motor's first humanoid robot is deployed on the production line

LightningPacketLoss · 2026-03-31T12:35:40+00:00

On March 27, SAIC Motor's first humanoid robot employee—"Nengzai No. 1"—officially started work on the Buick Zhijing E7 battery mass production line, handling core processes such as cell picking and material loading. This is SAIC Motor's first case of a humanoid robot truly integrated into a mass production line.This humanoid robot was jointly developed by SAIC General Motors and Zhiyuan Robotics. It features human-like capabilities such as visual perception, dual-arm coordination, and force-controlled grasping. It can independently recognize incoming battery cells, intelligently plan picking paths, and does not rely on fixed programming or precise positioning of incoming materials. (First Financial)

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2026-03-31 12:35:40

On March 27, SAIC Motor Group’s first humanoid robot employee—“Nengzai No.1”—was officially deployed on the Buick-to-Boundary E7 battery mass-production line, taking on core processes such as cell gripping and feeding. This is SAIC Motor Group’s first case of a humanoid robot that has been truly put into production-line application.

The humanoid robot was jointly developed by SAIC-GM and Unitree Robotics. It has humanlike features such as visual perception, dual-arm coordinated operation, and force-controlled gripping, and can independently complete tasks including incoming cell identification, as well as intelligent path planning for gripping, without relying on fixed programming or precise incoming-part positioning. (First Financial)

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