Humanoid robot rental: 25,000 yuan per day, orders will be scheduled after National Day

Wen| Zinc Scale Li Jinlin

40 years ago, the appearance of the movie “Terminator” broke the world’s understanding of robots. Humanoid robots with muscles and blood came to Earth in 2029 to stage a man-machine war.

Today, there are still four years away from 2029, humanoid robots are becoming popular. Although there is a big gap between reality and movies, there is indeed a small climax.

On February 25, the Yushu Technology humanoid robot, which became popular at the Spring Festival Gala due to the “Seedling BOT” program, was upgraded again. According to an updated video from Yushu Technology, the company’s G1 humanoid robot has learned difficult martial arts movements such as punching and rotating kicks based on algorithm upgrades, allowing the public to continue to extend their fantasies about humanoid robots.

In fact, 2024 is known as the first year of the release of the global humanoid robot prototype. In January last year, Musk released a video of Tesla’s Optimus Prime humanoid robot folding his shirt for him. Fast forward key. This year, robot products from domestic and foreign manufacturers have been introduced and upgraded one after another, and there have been more ways to play.

With humanoid robots selling at high prices and small yields, the market demand for robot performances and viewing is increasing day by day. Under the collision, the robot rental business has become increasingly popular, and humanoid robots have also launched a national tour of flying and equipped with butlers.

You can only wave your hands when you rent it at a high price?

In the past week, Ren Na has been turning down several businesses every day. It’s not that she has no money, but that she has limited robots. rdquo; Since the start of construction in the New Year, Ren Na, as a salesperson, has felt for the first time what it means to be pushed away by orders. There is an endless stream of customers consulting rental robots every day.

Ren Na’s company has a total of four Ushu G1 humanoid robots. On the day Zinc Scale asked her about it, all four robots were working outside the country, and there was no spare time before mid-March.

“If you want to rent a robot, you must at least 15 days in advance. If you want to spend the holidays, it’s best to do as early as possible, at least a month in advance. rdquo; As she said this, Ren Na opened the schedule to show that there were not many schedules left for May Day and National Day this year.

Robot performance organized by Ren Na Company

Since it is currently in the peak season, there are many activities in various places, and the supply of humanoid robots in the market is in short supply, so the price naturally rises. The rental price given by Ren Na is 25000 yuan per price, which includes equipment transportation, leasing, and technical personnel expenses. Even though the price is already very high, Ren Na still said that it will rise in the future.

There are also merchants with relatively low quotations on the market, most of which range from 13000 yuan to 15000 yuan, and some offer prices as low as 8000 yuan/day/unit. Overall, the quotations are uneven, and Ren Na said that the reason why the pricing is higher than the market price is because her company will sign a formal contract with customers after confirming the order, provide invoices, and adopt a business-to-business payment method.

“Nowadays, the humanoid robot rental business is too popular, and there are many low-price traps. Maybe it was rented cheaply at the beginning, but later it turns out that either the goods were not the right version, or there were a lot of charging items. rdquo; Ren Na also revealed that some people will hype up the functions of robots, and you can only rely on yourself to distinguish between true and false.

Robot performance team

Take the Yushu G1 humanoid robot as an example. It only has performance functions such as getting up, walking, waving, and shaking hands, and cannot perform movements such as dancing, somersaults, and yangko. Therefore, even if you rent it at a high price, don’t expect to see it. The program effect on the Spring Festival Gala.

The form of an activity in Hangzhou that Renna Company received not long ago is the normal scene of humanoid robots working: a humanoid robot stands in the first row, the display on its head changes lights and expressions according to the set program, and the feet move left and right from time to time and then turn around, and the hands constantly switch between the left and right hands waving.

During the entire performance, the humanoid robot undoubtedly did the least work and took the most money, because the dozen or so real dancers standing behind it were the most hardworking and the core of supporting the complete performance.

The robot dog drank soup along, and danced dragon and lion to pretend to be Wukong

If the popularity of the humanoid robot rental business is related to “Seedling BOT”, other types of machine performances seem a bit nonsense.

When the single-day rental fee of humanoid robots can easily reach tens of thousands of yuan, the best replacement appears. ldquo; It is also owned by Yushu Technology. The price is dozens of times cheaper and the effect is very explosive. Zou Shu didn’t grab Yushu’s humanoid robot, but he relied on the robot dog to make the rental business prosperous.

Zou Shu’s company in Guangzhou has a total of 6 Yushu go2air robot dogs. There is no free time until mid-March. Customers usually rent robot dogs for new store opening activities, Short Video shooting, advertising shooting, etc.

The performances that humanoid robots can perform are extremely simple, but due to the gimmicks, the rent is easily tens of thousands of dollars, which has pushed up the popularity of the entire market, so robot dogs can also follow suit and drink soup.

The robot dog rental business is also booming

According to Zou Shu’s quotation, the rent for robot dogs is 200 yuan/dog/day, and the clothing is 250 yuan/dog/day. If technicians are needed, an additional operating fee of 400 yuan/day will be paid. However, Zou Shu said that the price of robot dogs is not as expensive as humanoid robots, and the operation is very simple. Even if professional operators are not hired, they can easily start using them based on the detailed tutorial guidance they issue.

And compared with the current selling price on Yushu Technology’s official website, the humanoid robot G1 starts at 99,000 yuan, and the robot dog go2 starts at 9997 yuan, a difference of at least ten times. Therefore, for many companies that want to get a piece of the pie, starting from a robot dog is the best choice.

The starting price of the Yushu G1 humanoid robot is 99,000 yuan

However, compared with humanoid robots with their own traffic, robot dogs and ordinary robots need to spend more time on performances to provide enough appeal. Zinc Scale learned that the rental team would replace these machines with different shapes such as lion dance, dragon dance, and Sun Wukong, and even change the settings to let the robot make the action of pulling the erhu, and then match it with the corresponding music to create a complete performance.

Although no one knows how long the craze for robot walking will last, judging from the current rental fees and market popularity, the pockets of the first batch of merchants to catch up with the trend have gradually expanded.

When can we enter the homes of ordinary people

The popularity of the rental market can explain the popularity of humanoid robots, but it also shows that this is still a minority game. No matter how hard-core technology is, if there is no cost advantage, it will never become a commodity suitable for the public.

In this regard, Wang Xingxing, founder of Yushu Technology, said in an interview with Vision Zhi that the leasing cost of G1 is declining at a rate of 37% per year. When the hourly wage cost of robots drops below 20 yuan, the human service industry will usher in a fundamental change. rdquo;

Specifically, he has a goal, which is to allow aunts in China counties to use robots to dance square dances. This coincides with Musk’s idea. In October last year, Musk made a wish that everyone in the future could have a humanoid robot.

The humanoid robot market is expected to exceed US$1 trillion in 2050 Source: Deutsche Bank report

The market outlook looks optimistic. Starting from 2023, about 20 humanoid robot companies such as Stardust Intelligence, Star Motion Era, and Smart Yuan Robot have been established. Veteran player Youbi has also made the first success of humanoid robots. In addition, now Yushu Technology has once again ignited the attention of humanoid robots, and the entire industry seems to have entered the fast lane.

According to the “Humanoid Robot Industry Research Report”, my country has become the world’s leading producer of humanoid robots. In 2024, the size of China’s humanoid robot market will reach approximately 2.76 billion yuan, and is expected to grow into a market of 100 billion yuan in 2030. According to enterprise survey data, the number of existing robot-related companies in my country has increased from 13,300 in 2014 to 178,500 in 2023, a 13-fold increase.

However, the first stop for humanoid robots to land is often an industrial scene. From Musk’s Optimus Prime working in the factory, starting work such as sorting, transporting parts, and delivering coffee, to Ubisoft’s industrial humanoid robots investing in Hefei Weilai factory assembly workshop for practical training, Fourier’s humanoid robot landed in the lobby of the Construction Bank to guide diversion and call numbers, and provided anti-fraud training to customers.

However, these functions are not needed by ordinary people. Neither are yangko dancing, somersaults, or dancing. In addition to looking like a person, ordinary people want a truly useful robot, that is, a robot that can provide practical assistance in many life scenarios. To realize this dream, there are still many comprehensive problems that humanoid robot companies have to overcome, and every link requires sufficient patience and investment.

This is a competition about future productivity and a dream from science fiction to reality.