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Agibot unveils new generation of embodied AI robots and models for real-world deployment

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Agibot has unveiled a new generation of embodied AI robots and foundation models, signaling what the company describes as a shift toward large-scale deployment of “physical AI” across industrial and commercial environments.

The announcements were made at the company’s 2026 Partner Conference, where Agibot introduced multiple robotic platforms and AI systems built around its “One Robotic Body, Three Intelligences” architecture, designed to integrate motion, manipulation, and human interaction into a unified system.

Peng Zhihui, co-founder, president and CTO of Agibot, said the industry is moving beyond experimentation toward practical deployment. [Read more…] about Agibot unveils new generation of embodied AI robots and models for real-world deployment

RoboForce raises $52 million to build physical AI robots for industrial work

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RoboForce, a pioneer in what is being called “physical AI-powered robo-labor”, has secured a $52 million oversubscribed funding round, bringing the total raised to $67 million.

The round was led by YZi Labs (a $10 billion fund) with participation from Jerry Yang (co-founder and former CEO of Yahoo!), who join existing investors Myron Scholes (Nobel Laureate economist), Gary Rieschel (founding partner of Qiming Ventures), Carnegie Mellon University, and beyond.

The new capital will accelerate the company’s next-generation robot foundation model, scale general-purpose physical AI robots, and drive manufacturing readiness for commercial deployment. [Read more…] about RoboForce raises $52 million to build physical AI robots for industrial work

Robbyant open-sources LingBot-VLA model as a ‘universal brain’ for robots

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Robbyant, an embodied AI company within Alibaba affiliate Ant Group, has announced the open-source release of LingBot-VLA, a vision-language-action (VLA) model designed to serve as a “universal brain” for real-world robotics, which “helps reduce post-training costs and accelerate the path to scalable deployment”, according to the company.

So far, LingBot-VLA has been successfully adapted to robots from leading manufacturers, including Galaxea Dynamics and AgileX Robotics, demonstrating strong cross-morphology transfer capabilities across diverse robot platforms.

The model’s performance was evaluated on the GM-100 benchmark, a comprehensive evaluation suite open-sourced by Shanghai Jiao Tong University that comprises 100 real-world tasks. [Read more…] about Robbyant open-sources LingBot-VLA model as a ‘universal brain’ for robots

Ambi Robotics expands physical AI platform

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Ambi Robotics, a provider of AI-powered robotics for commercial operations, has introduced AI Skill Suite powered by AmbiOS.

The company is expanding its operating system for Physical AI by offering a growing library of reliable, production-proven 3D AI robot applications for licensing by trusted partners.

This initiative allows Ambi’s operationally-validated AI to be deployed across a wide range of industries and third-party hardware use-cases. [Read more…] about Ambi Robotics expands physical AI platform

Toyota Research Institute unveils breakthrough in Large Behavior Models that requires ‘80 percent less data’

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Toyota Research Institute (TRI) has unveiled promising results from a large-scale study on a new class of AI systems called Large Behavior Models (LBMs), which could significantly accelerate the development of general-purpose robots capable of adapting to real-world tasks.

The research, published today, shows that a single LBM can learn hundreds of manipulation tasks and apply that knowledge to new challenges with up to 80 percent less data compared to traditional approaches.

This marks a potential shift in how robots are trained, enabling them to generalize from diverse experiences rather than being hardcoded for specific tasks. [Read more…] about Toyota Research Institute unveils breakthrough in Large Behavior Models that requires ‘80 percent less data’

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