en.Wedoany.com Reported - Hunan Valin Steel Co., Ltd. (000932.SZ) recently stated on its interactive platform that it has partnered with Hangzhou Unitree Technology Co., Ltd. to establish the first embodied intelligent robot joint laboratory for the steel industry. The two parties will engage in deep cooperation in areas such as intelligent inspection and maintenance, emergency command and response, and smart factory implementation, jointly advancing the research, development, and deployment of embodied intelligent robots in the steel industry.
Valin Steel is one of China's major integrated steel enterprises, headquartered in Changsha, Hunan Province. It possesses full-process steel production capabilities, including ironmaking, steelmaking, and rolling, with products covering wide and heavy plates, cold-rolled and hot-rolled sheets, seamless steel pipes, wire rods, and bars. Unitree Technology, headquartered in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, is a globally leading developer and manufacturer of consumer-grade and industrial-grade quadruped robots, with deep technical expertise in the field of embodied intelligent robots.
This collaboration will help Valin Steel build a full-process intelligent management and control system and drive digital and intelligent transformation and upgrading. The two parties have signed an agreement to jointly establish the joint laboratory. In the next step, they will leverage their respective strengths, refine project implementation milestones, accelerate the realization of the agreement, and deepen and solidify their cooperation. The joint laboratory will focus on practical pain points in steel production scenarios, conducting applied research and industrial deployment of embodied intelligent robots in the steel industry.
Additionally, Valin Steel stated that it will closely monitor downstream industry development demands, continue to research and develop high-end steel products, and actively seize opportunities in emerging steel-consuming markets. The entry of embodied intelligent robots into core steel production scenarios is expected to provide new technological pathways for the intelligent transformation of the steel industry.
