Robbyant’s Inaugural Embodied AI Challenge Draws Over 1,800 Teams Ahead of Real-Robot Final in Shanghai

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Postmedia has not reviewed the content. by Business Wire Robbyant's Inaugural Embodied AI Challenge Draws Over 1,800 Teams Ahead of Real-Robot Final in ShanghaiAuthor of the article:Business Wire Business WireSHANGHAI — Qualifier submissions for the inaugural Robbyant Embodied AI Challenge officially closed on October 27, marking the end of the competition’s online preliminary round. Organized by Robbyant, an embodied AI company within Ant Group, the challenge was launched in September at the 2026 Inclusion Conference on the Bund in partnership with ModelScope and Alibaba Cloud Tianchi.THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLYSubscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada.Exclusive articles from Barbara Shecter, Joe O'Connor, Gabriel Friedman, and others.Daily content from Financial Times, the world's leading global business publication.Unlimited online access to read articles from Financial Post, National Post and 15 news sites across Canada with one account.National Post ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition to view on any device, share and comment on.Daily puzzles, including the New York Times Crossword.SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLESSubscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada.Exclusive articles from Barbara Shecter, Joe O'Connor, Gabriel Friedman and others.Daily content from Financial Times, the world's leading global business publication.Unlimited online access to read articles from Financial Post, National Post and 15 news sites across Canada with one account.National Post ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition to view on any device, share and comment on.Daily puzzles, including the New York Times Crossword.REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLESCreate an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience.Access articles from across Canada with one account.Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments.Enjoy additional articles per month.Get email updates from your favourite authors.THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK.Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience.Access articles from across Canada with one accountShare your thoughts and join the conversation in the commentsEnjoy additional articles per monthGet email updates from your favourite authorsSign In or Create an AccountThis advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.The competition is based on the open-source LingBot-VLA 2.0 embodied foundation model and is designed for developers working on embodied AI algorithms. Participants are evaluated on model training and fine-tuning, simulation-based generalization, and adaptation to real robots. The challenge is open to enterprises, universities, individual developers and technology enthusiasts worldwide.Get the latest headlines, breaking news and columns.By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.A welcome email is on its way. If you don't see it, please check your junk folder.The next issue of Top Stories will soon be in your inbox.We encountered an issue signing you up. Please try againMore than 1,800 teams and thousands of developers from 13 countries have registered for the challenge. Participants include teams from leading universities, research institutions, technology companies and embodied AI startups. The on-site final will take place in Shanghai from November 14 to 16, conducted as a real-robot hackathon.The competition has attracted participation from leading Chinese universities, including Tsinghua University, Peking University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Zhejiang University. International research teams have also joined from Carnegie Mellon University, University College London, Technical University of Munich, National University of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University and other renowned institutions.Industry participants include developers from Tencent, Alibaba, ByteDance, Meituan, Microsoft, BYD and Xiaomi. Leading embodied and humanoid robotics teams such as UBTECH, Fourier Intelligence and Agibot have also registered.Among all participants, teams from universities and research institutions make up 74.7%, with master’s and doctoral students representing 67.4%. Developers from enterprises and frontline engineering roles account for 25.2%. Participants with backgrounds in VLA, or vision-language-action, and multimodal foundation models represent 51.7%.The Robbyant Embodied AI Challenge aims to provide a shared evaluation environment for developers to experiment with embodied foundation models and test their capabilities in realistic robotic tasks. By opening access to LingBot-VLA 2.0 and related evaluation settings, the organizers hope to encourage broader participation in embodied AI development and support the transition from algorithmic research to practical robotic applications.Robbyant is an embodied intelligence company within Ant Group, dedicated to advancing embodied intelligence through cutting-edge software and hardware technologies. Robbyant independently develops foundational large models for embodied AI and actively explores next-generation intelligent devices, aiming to create robotic companions and caregivers that truly understand and enhance people’s everyday lives and deliver reliable intelligent services across key use cases, such as elderly care, medical assistance, and household tasks.To learn more about Robbyant, please visit: www.robbyant.comView source version on businesswire.com: This advertisement has not loaded yet.Notice for the Postmedia NetworkThis website uses cookies to personalize your content (including ads), and allows us to analyze our traffic. Read more about cookies here. By continuing to use our site, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.