CHINESE artificial intelligence (AI) firm SenseTime has launched its first consumer product — SenseRobot, an AI Chinese chess (or Xiangqi) robot, further expanding its smart life product offerings.

The robot has been certified by the Chinese Xiangqi Association. Through its AI technology and the leading industrial robotic arm technology, SenseTime said its AI Chinese chess robot can teach and play chess face to face.

Xu Li, executive chairman of the board and CEO of SenseTime, said, “Our goal is to create a robot that can physically ‘think’ and ‘act’ with our leading AI technology, bring AI technology into every family, and carry out interactions with people.”

“It can not only accompany children, but also make high technology intuitively understandable and interesting for elder people,” Xu said.

SenseRobot has an appealing, simple, high-tech design and an appearance of a small astronaut. Priced from 1,999 yuan (US$297) in China, the robot offers players different playing modes, including AI Chinese chess learning, endgame challenge, Chinese chess breakthrough and final challenge, as well as multiple skill levels to choose from, starting with “the basics” to explain Chinese chess to more than 100 endgame settings and 26 levels of matches.

(China Daily)