Gu's vision for GR-1 is an Android-like open-source platform. Ecosystem partners will be able to advance innovation throughout the industrial chain and create synergies conducive to rising adoption of the device.
With predictable advances in the new realm of "Embodied AI", a blend with robotics will help AI become more practical, intuitive, and interactive, as well as evolve into a key partner of humans and bring enormous convenience and benefits.
Convinced that "mankind needs this type of robotic partner," he said Fourier Intelligence didn't want to sit idly by as others are rushing to build theirs.
But as the ultimate goal of physiotherapy is to allow patients to return to normal life, companies like Fourier Intelligence have been trying to integrate virtual reality, robotics, biomechanics and other technologies over the years to roll out an all-in-one meta-rehabilitative device.
A number of startups have established a foothold in smart rehab robotics amid China's fast-graying population and a severe shortage of qualified physiotherapists.