Taipei, Aug. 8 (CNA) Taiwan's Solomon Technology Corp. is expanding its artificial intelligence-powered systems for humanoid robots, with chairman Johnny Chen saying the company aims to address machine perception, a major hurdle to wider adoption. Rather than manufacturing humanoid robots, Solomon develops AI-powered 3D vision modules and machine vision software that enable robots to perceive, understand and interact with their surroundings, also applying the technology to drones, autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) and industrial inspection systems. Chen cited an intelligent drone inspection system for solar farms in southern Taiwan as a latest commercial application, where drones equipped with 3D machine vision and AI software automatically detect obstructions on solar panels, transmit high-resolution images to maintenance crews, and improve efficiency. The technology has also been deployed in AMRs, robotic arms, pan-tilt-zoom cameras and quadruped robots in markets including the United States and Japan. Chen said humanoid robots must combine reasoning, active perception and action, and perception remains a major challenge as robots struggle to identify distant or partially obscured objects. Solomon developed generative AI vision technology using synthetic images to train models, reducing training time, and an "active perception" system with a continuous cycle of searching, selecting, zooming and evaluating, enabling robots to identify objects from several meters away. During a demonstration, a bipedal humanoid robot received instructions, located an object about five meters away, moved toward it and grasped it without pre-programmed scripts, also reading analog