Focusing on industrial embodied intelligent system software, "Hyperion" completed tens of millions of yuan in Series A financing | 36Kr exclusive.

Written by Wang Fangyu

Edited by Su Jianxun

36Kr has learned that Suzhou Hyperion Robotics Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Hyperion"), an embodied intelligent system software manufacturer, has recently completed a tens of millions of yuan Series A financing.

This round of financing is led by Qianrong Holdings, with Detong Capital, Luojia Indus Capital and the old shareholder Jun Ding Capital participating. The funds raised will be mainly used for software product R & D investment and market expansion.

Founded in 2020, Hyperion is a high-tech enterprise specializing in the research and development of intelligent control system software for industrial robots. Its core team comes from Tsinghua University, Wuhan University, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Zhejiang University and other universities, and has more than 10 years of R & D experience in the fields of artificial intelligence and robotics.

It is reported that Hyperion's independently developed HyperBrain EAI embodied intelligent system software can analyze and understand information such as vision and force sense, make independent decisions, and guide robots to complete flexible processing tasks. It has been applied in many fields such as automobiles, ships, military industry, railways, construction, and large-scale equipment, and has also been sold to the United States, Russia, Brazil and other countries.

With the "blessing" of the large AI model, the current humanoid robots are experiencing accelerated evolution. In the field of industrial robots, AI has also brought about product changes and upgrades.

When traditional industrial robots perform some operations, the staff pre-programs them, and the robots perform mechanical operations and repetitive labor according to the preset procedures, but this method is prone to position deviation and errors in actual operation.

Hyperion's flexible manufacturing system software can be programmed in real time according to the on-site situation to achieve precise operation, which is equivalent to installing a "brain" for the industrial robot system. This technology can be widely used in flexible processing scenarios such as welding, spraying, gluing, cleaning, grinding, and three-dimensional cutting.

"HyperBrain EAI is essentially a complete embodied intelligent system. In actual operations, it goes through a process of obtaining data, analyzing, making decisions, and then executing. The principle behind it is machine learning and application based on 3D vision." Liu Xi, CEO of Hyperion, told 36Kr.

HyperBrain EAI installs a "brain" for the robot, and the 3D camera is equivalent to installing "eyes" for the robot. Through the "brain", the industrial robot can combine "hands and eyes", which greatly improves the efficiency compared to the traditional way.

Liu Xi gave an example. For the welding and grinding production lines undertaken by Hyperion last year, if the traditional robot operation mode is adopted, it requires the staff to spend one day for pre-programming, and on-site programming and adjustment are also required. However, the embodied intelligent robot only needs 5 minutes to complete the programming and make real-time changes according to the on-site situation.

Currently, humanoid robots are the most popular sub-track in the field of embodied intelligence. However, in the actual industrial production, humanoid robots can only replace human labor in the future. Most scenarios of industrial production still rely on industrial robots, and the intelligence and efficiency improvement of these industrial robots are equally important.

In the next step, Liu Xi said that Hyperion will continue to invest in R & D to further improve the intelligence level of the control system software. One is to improve 3D vision to make the robot see more clearly and accurately; the other is to optimize the trajectory planning of the mechanical arm to achieve the optimal path and intelligent obstacle avoidance.

Investor's View:

The leading investor of this round of financing, Qianrong Holdings, said that as industrial production develops in the direction of flexibility and intelligence, the traditional offline programming and on-site teaching by engineers can no longer meet the actual production needs. Adaptive teaching-free and flexible processing will be the future development trend. Hyperion's core team has been deeply engaged in the field of industrial robots for many years and has rich industry experience. The company's independently developed robot teaching-free processing software adopts a differentiated technical route. Combined with the unique AI point cloud recognition algorithm, it can automatically identify the processing area and automatically generate the processing path program, realizing the intelligent flexible production of robots. At present, the company's teaching-free processing software, dental brace laser cutting production line, three-dimensional square steel welding station, heat exchanger laser welding equipment and other software and hardware products have successfully entered the industry's leading manufacturers and will highly benefit from the intelligent development wave of industrial robots.