- UBTech launches the new embodied AI world model Thinker-WM, breaking the physical constraints of costly real-world robot interaction data collection.
- UBTech is accelerating its commercialization in the industrial manufacturing sector.
UBTech has released Thinker-WM, a world model designed to help robots understand the laws of the physical world and predict future states.
Unveiled on May 5, the large embodied AI model addresses the challenge of traditional models lacking scenario deduction capabilities.
It enables robots to better adapt to real-world industrial scenarios, achieving a full-link closed loop of decision execution and iterative optimization, according to a statement released on Tuesday.
Competing alongside renowned companies such as Nvidia, Physical Intelligence, and Xiaomi, the model has demonstrated outstanding comprehensive performance, the statement said.
Relying on this model, UBTech has built a new AI data flywheel system, breaking the physical constraints associated with the high cost of collecting interaction data from real robots.
By using a small amount of high-quality, real-world industrial scenario data as a foundation, the world model can intelligently deduce and generate massive amounts of high-fidelity virtual training data, UBTech said.
The virtual-real collaborative training paradigm significantly reduces costs and fills the data gaps in long-tail scenarios, the announcement noted.
This technological breakthrough comes at a critical time as UBTech aggressively expands its artificial intelligence footprint and seeks to establish a leading position in the humanoid robot industry.
In April this year, the company announced it was offering a sky-high annual salary of up to 124 million yuan ($18 million) to globally recruit a chief scientist for embodied AI. The move aims to accelerate the deployment of robots in smart manufacturing and other scenarios by attracting top talent and developing core technologies.
Financial data shows that UBTech achieved a total revenue of 2.001 billion yuan in 2025, representing a significant year-on-year increase of 53.3%.
To further accelerate large-scale production, UBTech recently reached a strategic partnership with Siemens in March, with the future annual production capacity of its Shanghai base expected to exceed 3,000 units.
Meanwhile, UBTech will soon open-source the Thinker-WM model in the developer community, joining hands with global developers to build an embodied AI ecosystem, according to the statement.
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