In the field of robotics, the American startup Figure AI recently released a large edge model named Helix, marking a significant breakthrough in humanoid robot control technology. Helix is the first visual-language-action (VLA) model capable of high-frequency, continuous control over the entire upper body of a humanoid robot, including the head, torso, wrists, and fingers. This means that the robot can perform tasks directly based on natural language instructions without extensive training.

Robot startup 1X Technologies has developed a new generative model that enhances the efficiency of training robotic systems in simulations. The company announced this model in a new blog post, addressing one of the significant challenges in robotics, which is learning the 'World Model (1X World Model)' that predicts how the world responds to the actions of robots. When robots start from the same sequence of initial images, this world model can envision multiple possibilities based on different action proposals.