The research and development of drugs that discover biologicaltargets and therapeutic compounds by generative artificial intelligence(Generative AI) has entered the clinical trial stage. The “robot apprentice’spractical training collects data to feed back to the constructive system model…
Alex Zhavoronkov was born in Latvia, grew up in Canada, andfounded a business in the United States. In Pudong, he was able to turn hiscompany’s innovative ideas into reality. In 2014, Alex founded InsilicoMedicine in the United States, analyzing biological mechanisms through AItechnology and exploring targets related to diseases and aging. In 2019,Insilico Medicine established the Shanghai Drug Research and Development Centerin Zhangjiang, Pudong.
Alex said that they chose Pudong because they knew that thebirth of an innovative drug would require a strong infrastructure and support. Itwas the establishment of the Shanghai Drug Research and Development Center thatenabled Insilico Medicine to quickly build a rich AI-driven pipeline.Rentosertib, Insilicon Intelligence’s fastest-growing AI-enabled drug for thetreatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), was also applied for inPudong.
While AI drives the development of new drugs, AI-controlledrobots are advancing from laboratories to application scenarios.
In March this year, tourists walking in Century Park weresurprised to find several “mysterious visitors” amongst them- this was thelatest generation of GR-2 robots from Pudong’s innovative enterprise Fourier,which were demonstrating their walking abilities. In the same month, Shanghai’sfirst mass-produced robot “Zhiyuan Robot” released the all-round explorationrobot Lingxi X2. This robot, equipped with the universal embodied model base(Zhiyuan Qiyuan large model) was independently developed by Zhiyuan, and cannot only walk, run, and turn in circles, but also balance on and ride bicycles,which went viral on the social media.
In the field of hardcore technologies, how is Pudong able tolaunch new products so frequently?
Industry analysts believe that Pudong’s innovation is no longera single enterprise’s fight, but a continuous relay from various forces, suchas innovative enterprises, universities and research institutes, and newR&D institutions in sectors such as core technology research anddevelopment and scenario applications. 14 major scientific and technologicalinfrastructure, 5,026 high-tech enterprises, 103 open innovation centers, 280foreign-funded R&D centers… In 35 years, Pudong has formed a ecosystem ofinnovation, with a deep integration of innovation, transformation, andindustrial chains.
Taking the robot industry as an example, Jiang Lei, chiefscientist of the National and Local Co-construction Humanoid Robot InnovationCenter, believes that robots can be regarded as the “culmination” of multiplefuture industries: they need to coordinate the environmental understandingability, the general learning framework, and the perception processingadvantages of the multimodal large model.
Pudong’s high-end manufacturing foundation also brings moreindustrial chain synergy advantages and technological breakthrough opportunitiesto the robot industry. Jiang Lei said that he is currently connecting withZhangjiang parts companies, hoping to promote the research and development ofcore parts for “embodied intelligence.”
In the ecosystem-style innovation processes developed in Pudong,with the synergy of a full-cycle policy toolkit, technology empowermentplatforms and incubation acceleration mechanisms, scientific and technologicalinnovation enterprises can achieve hastened development in an adaptedtechnology niche.
In the past 35 years, from laboratories toproduction lines, from algorithm breakthroughs to industrial upgrades, thisland has proved that the vitality of innovation lies in letting cutting-edgetechnologies take root in soil where they can grow.
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上海浦东35周年光影展演勾勒开放创新“未来画卷”
浦东向“新”：全新开放平台撬动中国对外开放新维度
浦东向“新”：科创“热带雨林”孕育硬核新科技
浦东向“新”：开发开放35周年 制度创新破“痛点”探新路
A new platform suggests a new dimension of China's develoment
Pudong's scientific and technological innovation breeds hard-core new technologies
Pudong's institutional innovation explores new paths
