Recently, the company announced the establishment of the "Robotics and Embodied AI Group," marking its further expansion in the intelligent field. This new team is led by Lin Junyang, an executive at Alibaba, who is also the technical lead for the company's flagship AI foundation model "Qwen."
Lin Junyang revealed on social media that the goal of this new team is to develop innovative robot technologies and promote advancements in embodied AI. As the name suggests, embodied AI refers to intelligent systems that can interact with their environment through physical bodies. This means that future robots will not only process data but also better interact with humans and their surroundings.
It is understood that the "Qwen" project at Alibaba focuses on the development of multimodal models, which can process various inputs such as sound, images, and text. The integration of cross-domain technologies is the important background for Alibaba's formation of this new team. With the rapid development of AI technology, more and more companies have realized that a single intelligent assistant is no longer sufficient to meet market demands, and robots with multiple perceptual capabilities will become a trend in the future.
Lin Junyang's addition undoubtedly brings fresh energy to Alibaba's robot projects. He has accumulated rich experience in the development of multimodal models and will provide guidance for the team's innovation in the future. Alibaba hopes that this new team will further enhance its competitiveness in the field of artificial intelligence, to better face market challenges.
As major global companies race to launch their own AI products, Alibaba's move is not only a demonstration of confidence in its technological capabilities but also marks a new offensive in the field of smart manufacturing. Looking ahead, how Alibaba will utilize the technology of this new team is something we will continue to watch closely.
