On February 12, news emerged that the Shenzhen Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology has recently unveiled the "Shenzhen 'AI+' Advanced Manufacturing Industry Action Plan (2026-2027)." According to the plan, in the realm of AI-powered robotics, there will be support for the research and development of global models, visual-tactile-linguistic-action (VTLA) and other multimodal interaction technologies. Additionally, it will back the creation of large-scale embodied AI foundational models endowed with interaction, prediction, and decision-making capabilities, along with the development of their training and inference technology systems. Moreover, it will foster the cultivation of long-sequence reasoning and autonomous learning abilities to facilitate efficient cross-scenario task execution. Simultaneously, efforts will be intensified to coordinate scenario resources, bolster the establishment of testing grounds for embodied AI technology, and open up segmentation (Note: 'segmentation' is retained as it appears to be a technical term requiring specific context; if it denotes 'subdivided' scenarios, an alternative translation could be considered) subdivided scenarios within industrial manufacturing, such as welding, assembly, spraying, and material handling. This will encourage the widespread deployment of robots, elevate intelligent operation standards in hazardous and challenging environments, and streamline the integration of robots into factories, workshops, warehouses, ports, and industrial parks.
