Robbyant Embodied AI Challenge attracts 1,800 teams for Shanghai final

The inaugural Robbyant Embodied AI Challenge has concluded its online qualifying round, drawing more than 1,800 teams from 13 countries. Organized by Robbyant, an embodied AI company under Ant Group, the competition was launched in partnership with ModelScope and Alibaba Cloud Tianchi.

The challenge utilizes the open-source LingBot-VLA 2.0 embodied foundation model to evaluate developers on model training, fine-tuning, simulation-based generalization, and adaptation to physical robots. Participants include researchers from prestigious institutions such as Tsinghua University, Carnegie Mellon University, University College London, and the National University of Singapore.

Industry representation includes developers from major technology firms including Microsoft, Tencent, Alibaba, ByteDance, and Xiaomi, alongside robotics companies like UBTECH and Agibot. The final stage of the competition will be held as a real-robot hackathon in Shanghai from November 14 to 16.