In the First Year of Mass Production for Humanoid Robots, Why Joint Testing and the Path from Simulation to Real-World Validation Determine Success

The article notes that humanoid robots are moving from demonstrations to mass production, but the manipulation success rate drops sharply from 89.4% in simulation environments to 12% in real home scenarios, and reliability must be supplemented by a testing system. Integrated joint modules account for about 40% of the BOM cost of the complete machine, and GB/T 43200-2023 has provided a testing framework in four categories: motor performance, control performance, positioning accuracy, and mechanical performance. NI uses a cRIO joint test bench and a hardware-in-the-loop simulation solution based on Isaac Sim, PXI, and RDMA to try to insert an HIL stage between pure simulation and real machines, narrowing the gap in migration from simulation to reality.