Conversation variable CTO Wang Hao: Developing embodied intelligence, sacrificing technological "ceiling" for business won't be high

Sina Technology News, April 2nd afternoon news, at the recently held Global First Embodied Intelligence Developer Conference and “Guliang Plan” Hackathon & Greater Bay Area Summit, hundreds of teams from top universities, research institutes, and high-tech companies across the country, including Tsinghua, Peking University, and Zhejiang University, registered to participate. Ultimately, 20 teams with about 60 people entered the finals, competing for first, second, and third prizes.

As a co-organizer of this competition, Ziyang Robots utilized its full-stack capabilities of data-computation-model-hardware during the event to provide all participating teams with free access to high-quality datasets and related data acquisition equipment. On-site, high-performance dual-arm operation platforms and computing resources were also provided, significantly lowering the entry barrier for developers. It is reported that supported by high-quality data pipelines, teams could go from initial contact with embodied intelligence base models and real machine debugging to completing the entire process from data collection to real machine deployment within three days. Normally, professional research laboratories would need at least six months to complete similar setups, making the process 60 times faster.

Wang Hao, co-founder and CTO of Ziyang Robots, stated in communication with Sina Technology and other media: “Through this competition, we truly want to lower the usage threshold of open-source projects for developers and establish a relatively universal and standard interface. This is the core goal of our open-source efforts.”

In Wang Hao’s view, “In embodied intelligence, sacrificing technology for business to achieve short-term success will not lead to high ceilings. The real high ceiling is the synergy of business and technology, with technology gradually driving business development.” Therefore, Ziyang Robots is committed to an end-to-end approach, aiming to develop general-purpose robots and bring robots into commercial scenarios earlier, adhering to a technical, product, and business route.

Embodied intelligence development has a very high threshold, requiring the participation of many developers to build a healthy ecosystem. Ziyang Robots also hosts this competition to find like-minded partners, discover outstanding contestants, and support and encourage everyone to join the embodied intelligence wave. According to Wang Qian, founder and CEO of Ziyang Robots, this event will continue to be held in the future, leveraging open-source platforms and hardware-software development systems to gather global developers and promote China’s embodied intelligence ecosystem to new heights, truly realizing “embodied intelligence equity.” (Wen Meng)

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Editor: Liu Wanli SF014