THE TAIWANESE COMPANY, SOLOMON GIVING ROBOTIC DOGS AI VISION

Entering the Taiwan Automation Intelligence and Robot Show held at the Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center in late August, unlike other exhibitors displaying factory production machinery, one vendor’s exhibit featured a dog.

Measuring 70 centimeters long and weighing 15 kilograms, the robotic dog can not only climb with ease, but also stand upright on two legs.

This lifelike robot, developed by China-based robotics startup Unitree Robotics, is equipped with visual recognition technology from Taiwanese automation systems integration manufacturer Solomon AI and 3D Vision.

“Applying ChatGPT and using natural language commands, a robotic dog can help you find what you need from a disorderly shelf,” says Solomon CEO Johnny Chen, who has finally caught the robotics wave after more than a decade spent quietly developing AI vision.

Prominent figures from Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang to Tesla chief Elon Musk are heralding the arrival of the age of robots. Musk believes that the number of bionic robots will reach one billion worldwide over the next 20 years.