海思集团（2525.HK），一家领先的中国自动驾驶技术公司，周三推出了一款三维映射摄像头，旨在满足训练驱动人形机器人的人工智能系统所需的物理空间数据需求。
Hesai Group (2525.HK), a leading Chinese autonomous driving technology firm, on Wednesday unveiled a three-dimensional mapping camera, targeting demand for physical spatial data needed to train the AI systems powering humanoid robots.
该公司推出了名为“Kosmo”的设备，外形类似酒瓶，融合了激光雷达传感器和摄像头，帮助开发者更高效地收集真实世界的空间数据。
The company introduced "Kosmo," a device resembling a wine bottle, that combines lidar sensors and cameras to help developers collect real-world spatial data more efficiently.
海思联合创始人兼首席执行官李大卫在公司上海工厂的发布会上表示，训练人工智能驱动的机器人以理解并与真实世界互动、执行挥手或跳舞之外的复杂任务所需的高质量空间数据存在显著缺口。李大卫表示，机器人在解决实际生产力挑战方面仍然受限。
There is a significant gap in high-quality spatial data needed to train AI-powered robots to understand and interact with the real world and perform complex tasks beyond waving arms or dancing, Hesai co-founder and CEO David Li said at a launch event at the company's Shanghai factory. Li said robots remain limited in their ability to solve real productivity challenges.
他指出，大多数机器人仍局限于低影响力的功能，如迎宾、挥手或跳舞。
Most robots are still confined to low-impact functions like greeting guests, waving or dancing, he said.
“我们旨在提供的，本质上是机器人行业所需底层技术的平台，使海思成为可与汽车行业博世相当的一级供应商，甚至可能超越它，”李大卫说。
"What we aim to offer is essentially a platform for the underlying technologies required by the robotics industry, positioning Hesai as a tier 1 supplier comparable to Bosch in the automotive sector, or perhaps even beyond," Li said.
他拒绝提供Kosmo的收入预测，但表示公司已与中国机器人公司签署协议，使用该产品。
He declined to provide revenue projections for Kosmo but said the firm has signed agreements with Chinese robotics firms to use the product.
李大卫还表示，海思一直在开发机器人执行器，它将电能转化为机械运动，占机器人材料成本的一半以上。需求正在增长，对更轻、更小、更精准的执行器的需求增加，使机器人能够变得更安全、更灵活。
Hesai has also been developing robot actuators, which convert electricity into mechanical motion and account for more than half of a robot's material costs, Li said. Demand is growing for actuators that are lighter, smaller and more precise, allowing robots to become more safe and agile, he added.
这些执行器已经被海思联合创始人创立的初创公司Sharpa Robotics用于其旗舰机械手Sharpa Wave。
The actuators are already being used by Sharpa Robotics, a startup founded by Hesai's co-founders, in its flagship robotic hand, Sharpa Wave.
一台Sharpa Wave机器人已在上海的一家Dairy Queen门店自主提供冰淇淋服务。海思表示，Kosmo的详细映射技术帮助该机器人实现了99%的任务成功率。
A Sharpa Wave robot has been autonomously serving ice cream at a Dairy Queen outlet in Shanghai. Hesai said Kosmo's detailed mapping technology helped the robot achieve a task success rate of 99%.
沙帕机器人公司最近在一轮融资中筹集了超过45亿元人民币（6.724亿美元），该公司独立于禾赛运营，但为禾赛的机器人技术提供了测试平台。
Sharpa Robotics, which recently raised more than 4.5 billion yuan ($672.4 million) in a funding round, operates independently of Hesai, but provides a testing ground for the company's robotics technologies.
在汽车市场，禾赛在过去三年里已成为全球最大的自动驾驶汽车激光雷达供应商，将该技术的成本降至每单位低于200美元。其客户包括梅赛德斯-奔驰（MBGn.DE）、大众汽车（VOWG.DE）、通用汽车（GM.N）和福特汽车（F.N）。
In automotive markets, Hesai has become the world's largest lidar supplier for autonomous vehicles over the past three years, driving the cost of the technology below $200 per unit. Its customers include Mercedes-Benz (MBGn.DE), Volkswagen (VOWG.DE), General Motors (GM.N) and Ford Motor (F.N).