Smart robotic arms that can put butter on your toast? Shenzhen start-up Yuejiang Technology is working on it
- Founded in 2015, the company started as a project at the American crowdfunding platform Kickstarter
Ever since the dawn of humankind, people have tried to use tools instead of their bare hands to make life easier.
This trend has evolved from using utensils to eat food, to the modern world where robots have either replaced or work alongside humans in the workplace.
In the 1960s, US entrepreneur George Devol invented Unimate, considered the first industrial robot. General Motors used the machine for die casting handling and spot welding.
Since then, industrial robotic arms, which can be as large as a standing person, have been applied to a broad swathe of heavy manufacturing work. But Liu Peichao, a 33-year-old Shandong University graduate, wants to bring things full circle – he wants to bring robotic arms into everyday life, to help with practical daily tasks.
Shenzhen Yuejiang Technology is a four-year-old Shenzhen start-up that focuses on the development of smart robotic arms. Its products can be put to a variety of uses depending on the end attachment used, from writing calligraphy to putting butter on your toast.
