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ロボットコントローラー(脳・小脳)(2025年)Robot Controllers (Brain & Cerebellum) Research Report, 2025 |
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ロボットコントローラー(脳・小脳)(2025年) |
出版日: 2025年09月01日
発行: ResearchInChina
ページ情報: 英文 250 Pages
納期: 即日から翌営業日
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主要ロボットインテグレーターが「脳・小脳」統合ソリューションの採用を開始
Unitree Roboticsは、第一世代の民生用四脚ロボット「Unitree A1」、第一世代の産業用四脚ロボット「Unitree B1」、第一世代の汎用ヒューマノイドロボット「Unitree H1」など、初期に発売したロボット製品において、当初は「脳・小脳」を別々に展開するソリューションを採用していました。しかし、この1年間に発売された製品はすべて「脳・小脳」統合ソリューションを採用しています。例えば、2025年8月に発売された産業用4脚ロボット「Unitree A2」は、8コアの高性能CPUを標準搭載し、すべての基本プラットフォーム機能を処理します。また、ユーザーの二次開発をサポートするため、Intel Core i7を特別に搭載しています。さらに、AIアルゴリズムの展開やリアルタイムデータ処理などの先進のニーズに対応するため、演算能力拡張ドックをオプションとして用意しています。
AgiBotは2025年3月に商業用ヒューマノイドロボットLingxi X2を発表しましたが、これも「脳・小脳」統合ソリューションを採用しています。その基本演算能力ボードは2つのRockchip RK3588チップを搭載し、1チップあたり6TOPSの演算能力を持ち、INT4/INT8/INT16/FP16混在演算をサポートします。Rockchip RK3588は、8コアCPU(4つのCortex-A76 + 4つのCortex-A55)、高性能2Dイメージアクセラレーションモジュール内蔵GPU、6TOPSの演算能力を持つNPUを搭載しています。さらに、Lingxi X2のフラッグシップバージョン(Ultra)には、157TOPSの演算能力を持つNVIDIA Jetson Orin NXという高演算能力ボードが追加搭載されています。
FOURIER Roboticsは2025年4月にオープンソースのヒューマノイドロボット、N1を発表しました。その演算チップはIntel Core(TM)i7-13700Hで、14コア(6高性能コアと8高効率コアを含む)と合計20スレッド、96GOPSの整数演算能力と69GFLOPSの浮動小数点演算能力を持っています。
複数のサプライヤーが共同でロボット用「脳・小脳」統合製品を発表
2025年6月11日、Horizon Roboticsの子会社であるD-Roboticsは、業界初のシングルSoCコンピューティング制御統合ロボット開発キット、RDK S100を発表しました。これは、知覚精度と汎化能力に関するエンボディドAI応用シナリオ(ヒューマノイドロボットやバイオニックロボットなど)の先進のニーズを満たすもので、市場価格は2,799元です。RDK S100は、「CPU+BPU+MCU」という人間そっくりの「脳・小脳」アーキテクチャを採用しています。「脳」はCPUとBPUで構成され、主に画像認識や目標行動計画などの先進のコグニティブコンピューティングを担当します。このうち、CPUは6つのArm Cortex-A78AE 1.5GHzで10万DMIPSの演算能力を持ち、BPUはHorizonのNashアーキテクチャを採用し、80TOPS(INT8量子化)と同等の演算能力を提供します。小脳」は、6K超のDMIPSの演算能力を持つMCU(4つのArm Cortex-R52+1.2GHz)で構成され、モーション制御やモーター駆動など、低レイテンシとリアルタイム性能の要求が極めて高いタスクの処理を重視しています。
2025年7月、D-RoboticsはiMotion、Luxshare Precision、SIM Technology、Huaqin Technology、G-Pulseなどとの協業を発表し、RDK S100シリーズのインテリジェントコンピューティングプラットフォームをベースとしたロボットコントローラーを開発しました。このうち、iMotionのコントローラー製品「iMotion iRC100」は主に産業、サービス、ロジスティクスなどのシナリオのインテリジェントロボットを対象としており、Luxshare Precisionのコントローラー製品「CORTEX100」は主に科学研究、産業用ロボットを対象としており、SIM Technologyの「AI Computing Terminal CD01」は主に産業品質検査、パークモニタリング、教育研究などのシナリオを対象としており、Huaqin Technologyの「Humanoid Intelligent Robot Main Controller」は主にスマートファクトリー、医療リハビリ、特殊作戦などのシナリオを対象としており、G-Pulseの「GRC1.0」は主にインダストリーオートメーションシナリオをターゲットとしています。
当レポートでは、中国のロボット産業について調査分析し、ロボットコントローラー(脳・小脳)の定義、機能、構造、分類、開発史、サプライヤーと製品などの情報を提供しています。
Robot Controller Research: Brain-Cerebellum Integration Becomes a Trend, and Automotive-Grade Chips Migrate to Robots
ResearchInChina has released the Robot Controllers (Brain & Cerebellum) Research Report, 2025. The report conducts research, analysis, and summary on: 1. the definition, functions, structure, and classification of robot controllers (brain & cerebellum); 2. the development history, integration solutions, and challenges of robot controller (brain & cerebellum) integration; 3. the development trends of robot controllers (brain & cerebellum); 4. the application of robot controller chips; 5. the controller deployment solutions of robot integrators; and 6 robot controller suppliers and their products.
By analogy with the structure and division of labor of the human brain, the control functions of robots are divided into the "brain" and the "cerebellum". The brain is responsible for functions such as perception, planning, decision, interaction, and learning. Specifically, it processes massive amounts of multi-modal sensory information (e.g., vision, force, language), understands task objectives, and conducts complex logical reasoning and long-term behavior planning. This process is accompanied by natural interaction with the environment and continuous learning, which mainly relies on powerful AI algorithms and computing capabilities.
The cerebellum is responsible for motion control, coordination, feedback regulation, and stability. That is, it receives decision instructions from the brain, converts them into specific action commands, and controls motor joints at an extremely high frequency and precision to ensure smooth, stable, and safe movements. This part has extremely high requirements for determinism and low latency.
The integration of a robot's "brain & cerebellum" refers to a collaborative working architecture between the robot's perception and decision system (brain) and its motion control system (cerebellum). It aims to simulate the division of labor and collaboration mechanism between high-level cognition (brain) and motion coordination (cerebellum) in the human nervous system, and realize a "perception-decision-execution" closed loop through software-hardware collaboration. The integrated system can enhance the capability of long-range operation tasks.
Leading Robot Integrators Have Begun to Adopt "Brain & Cerebellum" Integration Solutions
Unitree Robotics initially adopted a separate deployment solution for the "brain & cerebellum" in its early launched robot products, such as the first-generation consumer-grade quadruped robot Unitree A1, the first-generation industrial-grade quadruped robot Unitree B1, and the first general-purpose humanoid robot Unitree H1. However, all products launched in the past year have adopted the "brain & cerebellum" integration solution. For example, the industrial-grade quadruped robot Unitree A2, launched in August 2025, is equipped with an 8-core high-performance CPU as standard to handle all basic platform functions; it is also equipped with an Intel Core i7 specifically to support users in secondary development; additionally, a computing power expansion dock is available as an option to meet high-level needs such as AI algorithm deployment and real-time data processing.
AgiBot released its commercial humanoid robot Lingxi X2 in March 2025, which also adopts the "brain & cerebellum" integration solution. Its basic computing power board is equipped with two Rockchip RK3588 chips, with a computing power of 6 TOPS per chip and support for INT4/INT8/INT16/FP16 mixed operations. The Rockchip RK3588 has an 8-core CPU (4Cortex-A76 + 4Cortex-A55), a GPU with a built-in high-performance 2D image acceleration module, and an NPU with 6 TOPS of computing power. In addition, the flagship version (Ultra) of Lingxi X2 is equipped with an additional high-computing-power board, the NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX, with a computing power of 157 TOPS.
FOURIER Robotics released its open-source humanoid robot N1 in April 2025, which also adopts the "brain & cerebellum" integration solution. Its computing chip is the Intel Core(TM) i7-13700H, which has 14 cores (including 6 performance cores and 8 efficiency cores) and a total of 20 threads, with an integer operation capability of 96 GOPS and a floating-point operation capability of 69 GFLOPS.
Multiple Suppliers Have Jointly Launched Integrated "Brain & Cerebellum" Products for Robots
On June 11, 2025, D-Robotics, a subsidiary of Horizon Robotics, released the industry's first single-SoC computing-control integrated robot development kit RDK S100 to meet the high-level needs of embodied AI application scenarios (such as humanoid robots and bionic robots) for perception accuracy and generalization ability, with a market price of 2,799 yuan. The RDK S100 adopts a human-like "brain & cerebellum" architecture of "CPU+BPU+MCU". The "brain" consists of a CPU and a BPU, mainly responsible for high-level cognitive computing such as image recognition and target behavior planning. Among them, the CPU is 6xArm Cortex-A78AE 1.5GHz with a computing power of 100K DMIPS, and the BPU adopts Horizon's Nash architecture, providing an equivalent computing power of 80 TOPS (INT8 quantization). The "cerebellum" consists of an MCU (4xArm Cortex-R52+ 1.2GHz) with a computing power of 6K+ DMIPS, focusing on processing tasks with extremely high requirements for low latency and real-time performance, such as motion control and motor drive.
In July 2025, D-Robotics announced a collaboration with iMotion, Luxshare Precision, SIM Technology, Huaqin Technology, G-Pulse, and other companies to develop robot controllers based on the RDK S100 series intelligent computing platform. Among them, iMotion's controller product "iMotion iRC100" mainly targets intelligent robots in scenarios such as industry, services, and logistics; Luxshare Precision's controller product "CORTEX100" mainly targets scientific research and industrial robots; SIM Technology's "AI Computing Terminal CD01" mainly targets scenarios such as industrial quality inspection, park monitoring, and educational research; Huaqin Technology's "Humanoid Intelligent Robot Main Controller" mainly targets scenarios such as smart factories, medical rehabilitation, and special operations; G-Pulse's "GRC1.0" mainly targets industrial automation scenarios.
In April 2025, Intel released an embodied AI "brain & cerebellum" integration solution, which includes the Core Ultra series processors, an embodied AI software development kit, and an AI acceleration framework. This solution enables efficient integration of perception, interaction, task planning, and motion control in a unified system. The Intel Core Ultra series processors integrate CPU, GPU, and NPU. The CPU supports complex motion control, the GPU is used for embodied AI to process complex tasks such as environmental perception and task recognition, and the NPU is used to undertake AI tasks that require long-term operation, such as speech recognition, real-time visual processing, and sensor data analysis, thereby realizing the integration of computing and control for the "brain & cerebellum".
Automotive-Grade Intelligent Driving Chips Are Migrating to Robots
Automotive-grade intelligent driving chips and robot chips share technical homology. Manufacturers of automotive-grade chips can leverage their existing production processes and supply chain systems to reduce production costs. D-Robotics, a subsidiary of Horizon Robotics mentioned above, is a good example of this.
In addition, in May 2025, SemiDrive launched the D9-Max based on technologies accumulated in the automotive-grade field, such as the ISO26262 ASIL-D functional safety certification process, hardware ECC verification, and independent safety island design. This product provides high-reliability underlying computing support for scenarios such as industrial control and service robots. The D9-Max adopts a multi-core heterogeneous computing architecture of "CPU+GPU+NPU+DSP+MCU", integrating a 12-core Cortex-A55 (with a main frequency of 2.0GHz), a 3-core dual-core lockstep Cortex-R5F (800MHz), an NPU with 8 TOPS of INT8 computing power, and a GPU with 115 GFLOPS of FP32 computing power. It can run multiple operating systems such as Linux, Android, and RTOS simultaneously.
In 2024, Black Sesame Technologies successively released the Huashan A2000 "brain" chip and the Wudang C1236 "cerebellum" chip for humanoid robots. Currently, these two chips have started installation and testing on platforms such as Tianwen Robots. On August 28, 2025, Black Sesame Technologies reached a strategic cooperation with the robot company DEEP Robotics. Black Sesame Technologies will take its self-developed high-performance automotive-grade computing chips as the core to provide DEEP Robotics with embodied AI industry solutions, high-performance chips, and edge computing capabilities. They will jointly explore embodied AI solutions for scenarios such as ship inspection, smart construction, and scientific research and teaching, and actively promote overseas market expansion, with plans to complete the implementation of the first batch of overseas demonstration projects within 2025.