Foreign Media: China State Grid plans to spend 6.8 billion yuan in 2026 to purchase approximately 8,500 artificial intelligence robots for operating power grid infrastructure, with 5 billion yuan allocated for hardware procurement and the remainder dedicated to research and development and staff training.
This "army of machines" includes 5,000 robotic dogs tasked with inspecting substations, transmission lines, and mountainous area facilities, while humanoid robots and dual-arm robots will be deployed to maintain ultra-high-voltage power grids. If similar initiatives by enterprises such as China Southern Power Grid are taken into account, total investment in embodied intelligence within China's power sector is expected to exceed 10 billion yuan by 2026.
State Grid covers 26 provincial-level administrative regions across mainland China, marking China's accelerated integration of AI robots into critical infrastructure operations.
Original Source: toutiao.com/article/1863366485911620/
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