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Aiming to transition the technology into a plug-and-play industrial asset, the company has officially launched a comprehensive real-robot post-training pipeline, accompanied by fresh capability demonstrations.
Building upon its pre-trained foundation, Xiaomi demonstrated that merely 20 hours of physical interaction data enabled Xiaomi-Robotics-0 to master the intricate process of placing wireless earbuds into their charging case. The system now executes this multi-step maneuver with seamless, continuous precision.
Engineers highlighted that this particular task introduces two critical engineering obstacles:
- The tolerance gap between the earbuds and the docking slots is exceptionally tight, demanding sub-millimeter spatial perception from the AI to guarantee exact alignment.
- Both the earbud and casing surfaces exhibit a roughness level as low as Ra0.03μm, creating a high risk of slippage during contact. To counter this, the model must instantly recalibrate its motion trajectories to prevent assembly errors.
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