Alibaba An artificial intelligence model designed to power robotics was launched on Tuesday, As more and more technology giants enter this fast-growing field.

The model, called RynnBrain, is designed to help robots understand the physical world around them and identify objects.

A video posted by Alibaba Damo Academy shows a robot identifying fruit and placing it in a basket. While these tasks may seem simple, they involve sophisticated artificial intelligence that controls the robot’s understanding of individual items and movements.

Robotics falls under an umbrella term known as “physical artificial intelligence,” which includes machines that rely on artificial intelligence, such as self-driving cars — an area that China has prioritized as it competes with the United States for technological leadership.

NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsun Huang has been one of the tech industry’s most bullish voices, saying last year that artificial intelligence and robotics represented “ Trillion-Dollar Growth Opportunities“.

For Alibaba, the RynnBrain model provides an entry point into the robotics market keep the momentum going Its Qwen series of artificial intelligence models are the most advanced in China.

Alibaba isn’t the only company creating models for physical AI. These AI “world models” are being developed by tech giants around the world. Nvidia has several models for training and running artificial intelligence in the field of robotics under the “Cosmos” brand, and Gemini Robotics-ER 1.5 is Google DeepMind’s own version.

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Especially in humanoid robots – machines designed to walk and move like humans – China is seen as being ahead of the US, with companies Plans to increase production this year.

Like other models, Alibaba is pursuing an open source strategy with RynnBrain, which means developers can use it for free. Open source models have been key to Alibaba expanding the use of its models to developers around the world.