RealMan and Zhuxin IoT Launch "Silicon-Based Duty" Robots for Power Distribution Rooms
On September 22, RealMan Intelligent Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd. and Beijing Zhuxin IoT Technology Development Co., Ltd. jointly launched a power operations and maintenance brand, "Silicon-Based Duty."
Centered on the principle of "no personnel in harm's way, no power interruptions," the brand brings RealMan's RealBOT series robots into real distribution room operations, closing the final link between platform alerts and on-site handling. Distribution room duty now has a third form alongside manned and unmanned operation.
Traditional distribution room maintenance has always retained one irreplaceable step: when an alert arrives, a certified operator must still travel to the site in person.
"Silicon-Based Duty" addresses this through RealMan's GLN remote operations network, which connects remote certified personnel with robots stationed in different distribution rooms, switching service targets by task so that expertise can cover multiple sites at once.
When the EMS platform detects an anomaly and triggers an alert, the dispatch center issues a work order and authorization; the resident robot is woken remotely, navigates autonomously via SLAM to the designated cabinet, and positions itself near the observation window or button.
In a remote teleoperation room, certified personnel fine-tune the end-effector position using multiple live camera views, and key actions are executed only after human confirmation.
Tasks include opening and closing high-voltage cabinets, breaking and closing low-voltage main incoming cabinets, reading meters through windows, routine inspection (DC panels, high-voltage cabinets, low-voltage cabinets, transformers and room environment), and parameter collection (voltage, current, power, temperature, humidity).
Every step is judged and confirmed by a person before the robot executes it, and the entire process is recorded. Any communication or motion anomaly halts operations immediately and reverts to manual control. Safety responsibility is not reduced by remote work: critical switching operations require remote confirmation by certified personnel, with the robot aligning and executing while humans confirm, correct and take over at any moment.
For robots to remain on duty in distribution rooms over the long term and respond at any moment, hardware reliability is the precondition.
The enabler is RealMan's fully in-house, automotive-grade joint module. Certified to CR L3 reliability, it has a mean time between failures (MTBF) of 50,000 hours, maintaining very high reliability even under round-the-clock standby, and supporting large-scale deployment in power O&M.
The logic of Silicon-Based Duty is to embed robots into an existing O&M system: the EMS enterprise microgrid energy management platform handles monitoring and alerts, while the dispatch center handles work orders and authorization.
Fifteen O&M base stations across Beijing and Tianjin cover seven districts in Beijing and three in Tianjin; when a robot hands off to a human, local emergency crews respond rather than staff being dispatched from headquarters.
Zhuxin IoT currently manages more than 200 distribution rooms and has completed over 170 projects, with robots operating in live distribution rooms rather than lab environments.
Zhuxin is also a participating drafter of local standard DB11/T 527—2021 and group standard T/BEPIA 0002—2025, delivering services per the standard clauses. Deployment requires no civil works; a power socket suffices for charging, and robots rest in low-power sleep between remotely issued tasks — ordinary distribution rooms can be equipped without extra staffing.