AiMOGA Robotics has reported that its humanoid robot, Mornine, has autonomously performed a car door-opening task in a commercial environment without human intervention. The demonstration took place at a Chery 4S dealership in Wuhu, China, and involved the robot identifying and manipulating a car door handle using onboard sensors and reinforcement learning techniques.
The task, carried out without pre-programmed instructions or remote control, relied on a sensor suite that includes 3D LiDAR, depth and wide-angle cameras, and a visual-language model. According to AiMOGA, the robot learned to identify and engage with the door handle through simulation-based reinforcement learning rather than explicit programming. The model was subsequently transferred to real-world conditions using a Sim2Real approach, allowing for continuous refinement through ongoing sensor data collection and cloud-based learning updates.
Mornine is currently deployed in multiple Chery dealerships, where it performs additional functions such as greeting customers, introducing vehicles, and delivering items. AiMOGA stated that the autonomous manipulation of physical objects like car doors demonstrates a shift toward the use of embodied AI in service settings.
