Interview with Kunwei Technology's Yuan Minglun: Why Is Sense of Touch the Next Bottleneck for Humanoid Robots?

Yuan Minglun, Executive Deputy General Manager of Kunwei Technology, said force sensing (six-axis force sensors) is becoming a must-have for humanoid robots to complete force-control tasks such as precision assembly and sorting; vision tells the robot "what it is," while force sensing determines "how much force to use." Kunwei's KWR series six-axis force sensors achieve maximum accuracy better than 0.3%FS (including crosstalk), and he emphasized temperature compensation and the challenges of open humanoid robot scenarios. The company will complete production capacity reserves of 60,000 units per year by the end of June this year and is advancing inspection automation, benchmarking against Switzerland's Kistler, to prepare for sensor demand.