NIO officially enters the field of embodied intelligence. According to '21 Automotive', NIO has assembled a team of about 20 people dedicated to the development of the robotic dog project, led by Xu Kang, a former algorithm expert at Momenta and a current member of NIO's autonomous driving team. Industry analysis suggests that compared to bipedal robots, quadrupedal robotic dogs have significant advantages in stability, flexibility, and load-bearing capacity, making them more suitable for operations in complex terrains. Currently, robotic dogs have demonstrated broad application prospects in areas such as power inspection, process industry, fire rescue, and national defense, with a potential market size estimated to reach several.

New developments in the field of artificial intelligence! Former ByteDance large model solutions architect Pan Yunan has officially joined the startup Lobo Intelligence as co-founder and CTO. This news has attracted widespread attention in the industry, signaling that Lobo Intelligence will accelerate its efforts in the integration of large models and embodied intelligent hardware applications. Founded in January 2024, Lobo Intelligence focuses on innovative applications of large models and embodied intelligent hardware. It is reported that the company has completed angel financing amounting to tens of millions of RMB, which will support subsequent product research and development.

ZhiYuan Robotics, in collaboration with the Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Laboratory and other institutions, has launched the AgiBot World dataset, the world's first million-level robot dataset based on real-world scenarios. Compared to Google's Open X-Embodiment, the scale of long-range data has increased tenfold, the scene coverage has expanded one hundredfold, and the data quality meets industrial standards. This open-source project, hailed as the 'ImageNet moment' in the field of embodied intelligence, showcases remarkable robotic capabilities, from arranging flowers in the living room to cooking in the kitchen and handling checkout in supermarkets.

GAC Group unveiled the third generation of its embodied intelligence humanoid robot GoMate at the 2024 China Robotics Network Annual Conference, showcasing the automaker's new expansion into the robotics field. The robot's standout feature is its industry-first variable wheeled and legged mobility structure, allowing for seamless switching between four-wheeled and two-legged modes, significantly enhancing environmental adaptability. It is equipped with GAC's self-developed pure vision autonomous driving algorithm and the FIGS-SLAM algorithm architecture, achieving a breakthrough from planar to spatial intelligence. In terms of endurance, it benefits from GAC's all-solid-state battery.

On December 13, BYD officially released the recruitment guidelines for the Embodied Intelligence research team for the 2025 cohort, revealing that the team has successfully developed and launched multiple innovative robotic products since its establishment in 2022, including industrial robots, collaborative robots, intelligent mobile robots, and humanoid robots. This initiative marks BYD's further investment in the field of embodied intelligence and indicates that the company is accelerating the industrialization of robot technology. As 'Robo+' becomes the strongest industrial trend in the automotive industry chain, BYD will advance robotic technology.

As the global tide of artificial intelligence sweeps across the world, Xiaomi Group is quietly positioning itself in the embodied intelligence business, aiming to seize the initiative in the next wave of AI. According to 36Kr, Xiaomi has partnered with robotics expert Wang Tianmiao to invest in an embodied intelligence tech company named "Xiaoyu Intelligence Manufacturing". This marks Xiaomi's first external investment in the embodied intelligence sector."Xiaoyu Intelligence Manufacturing" was e