Alibaba unit says 5-in-1 AI gives robots unified brain, body and limbs
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Alibaba's mapping unit Amap announced an upgrade to its ABot system, which integrates a robot's control and movement systems into one framework. The company claims it is the world's first such technology. The announcement is part of a broader trend among Chinese tech companies to advance embodied intelligence, combining AI with robotics. This effort aims to make machines capable of navigating and completing tasks autonomously.
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Unifies robot's feet, hands, brains, central nerves, motor nerves into one system.
Alibaba Group's mapping unit Amap unveiled an upgrade to its ABot system.
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ABot is described as the world's first technology framework that unites a robot's feet, hands, brain, central nerves, and motor nerves into a single system.
South China Morning Post- Unifies robot's feet, hands, brains, central nerves, motor nerves into one system.
- Amap's ABot system is called the world's first such framework.
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Loaded language removedAlibaba Group Holding’s mapping unit has unveiled an upgrade to what it calls the world’s first technology framework that unites a robot’s “feet, hands, brains, central nerves and motor nerves” into a single system. Amap’s ABot system marks the latest move in Chinese tech players’ race to harness artificial intelligence models to make robots more capable.
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ABot is described as the world's first technology framework that unites a robot's feet, hands, brain, central nerves, and motor nerves into a single system.
South China Morning PostAlibaba Group's mapping unit Amap unveiled an upgrade to its ABot system.
South China Morning PostThe ABot system is part of a race among Chinese tech players to use AI models to make robots more capable.
South China Morning PostThe effort is referred to as embodied intelligence, aiming to equip machines with the 'brains' and other elements needed to navigate and complete tasks.
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