{"id":14820,"date":"2026-01-30T21:26:58","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T21:26:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/ant-groups-open-source-push-aims-to-move-robots-from-lab-demos-to-real-world-work\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T21:26:58","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T21:26:58","slug":"ant-groups-open-source-push-aims-to-move-robots-from-lab-demos-to-real-world-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/ant-groups-open-source-push-aims-to-move-robots-from-lab-demos-to-real-world-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Ant Group\u2019s open-source push aims to move robots from lab demos to real-world work"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/og_image_scmp_generic\/public\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/01\/30\/17c1a9de-1ca3-4dcd-b918-26ac51363cda_8f518471.jpg?itok=W5q97Cqq&amp;v=1769764881\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Chinese fintech giant Ant Group has open-sourced its first artificial intelligence models for robotics, as it steps up efforts to build machine intelligence capable of handling complex real-world tasks.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The move signals a deeper push by the Hangzhou-based Ant into embodied intelligence &ndash; AI systems designed to perceive, reason and act in physical environments rather than purely digital settings. The company is the fintech affiliate of Alibaba Group Holding, owner of the South China Morning Post.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Ant&rsquo;s robotics arm, Ant Lingbo Technology, also known as Robbyant, said its latest releases include LingBot-VLA, a vision-language-action (VLA) model aimed at supporting what it described as a &ldquo;universal brain&rdquo; for robots, allowing more scalable and practical deployment across industries.<\/p>\n<div data-qa=\"InlineAdSlot-Container\" class=\"css-zl1inp e11v3ui14\">\n<div class=\"e11v3ui10 e11v3ui13 css-1evd7i0 e1flwkbl0\" data-qa=\"AdSlot-Container\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">&ldquo;For embodied intelligence to achieve large-scale adoption, we need highly capable and cost-effective foundation models that run reliably on real hardware,&rdquo; said Robbyant CEO Zhu Xing. &ldquo;Our goal is to accelerate the integration of AI into the physical world so it can deliver practical value sooner.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">China already leads the world in the deployment of industrial and humanoid robots.<\/p>\n<div data-qa=\"InlineAdSlot-Container\" class=\"css-zl1inp e11v3ui14\">\n<div class=\"e11v3ui10 e11v3ui13 css-117a6hs e1flwkbl0\" data-qa=\"AdSlot-Container\">\n<div class=\"internal-linking-related-contents\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/12-weeks-jail-for-school-it-support-technician-who-took-upskirt-videos-of-teachers\/\" class=\"template-1\"><span class=\"cta\">News :<\/span><span class=\"postTitle\">&lt;div&gt;12 weeks' jail for school IT support technician who took upskirt videos of teachers&lt;\/div&gt;<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">However, many high-profile humanoids &ndash; including those developed by Unitree Robotics &ndash; that can dance and perform flips still rely on preprogrammed routines, limiting their autonomy and ability to generalise across tasks.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Chinese AI experts and investors have pointed to these limitations as a crucial obstacle to turning the new wave of robots into economically productive machines, making the development of a more powerful robotic &ldquo;brain&rdquo; a pressing priority for the global robotics industry.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><sub>Ant Group&rsquo;s open-source push aims to move robots from lab demos to real-world work<\/sub><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chinese fintech giant Ant Group has open-sourced its first artificial intelligence models for robotics, as it steps up efforts to build machine intelligence capable of handling complex real-world tasks. The move signals a deeper push by the Hangzhou-based Ant into embodied intelligence &ndash; AI systems designed to perceive, reason and act in physical environments rather&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/ant-groups-open-source-push-aims-to-move-robots-from-lab-demos-to-real-world-work\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Ant Group\u2019s open-source push aims to move robots from lab demos to real-world work&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14821,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14820","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14820"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14820\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}