Robbyant, the embodied AI division of Ant Group, has formed a strategic partnership with Leju Robot to accelerate the application and commercialization of embodied AI in real-world scenarios. The collaboration aims to bridge the gap between robotic embodiment, data, and AI models, enabling robots to evolve from executing specific tasks toward more general intelligence.
Under the partnership, Robbyant and Leju will combine their respective strengths: Leju’s expertise in robotic embodiment and real-world data collection, and Robbyant’s experience in developing embodied AI models. Together, they will curate high-quality datasets from real-robot interactions and carry out model training, optimization, and adaptation to enhance robots’ full-stack capabilities across perception, decision-making, execution, and continuous learning.
Zhu Xing, CEO of Robbyant, highlighted the industry’s transition from technical validation to practical deployment. “Seamlessly integrating model capabilities, robotic embodiments, and practical use cases has become a key direction for industry development,” he said. “Through this partnership, we aim to advance verification and application of these technologies in real-world scenarios and accelerate industrial progress.”
Leju has previously served as a core data partner for Robbyant, providing nearly 10,000 hours of multimodal real-robot data to train the LingBot-VLA model, a vision-language-action system designed as a “universal brain” for robotics. The model has shown robust cross-platform adaptability, successfully supporting robots from multiple manufacturers.
In January, Robbyant released a suite of embodied AI models, including LingBot-Depth for spatial perception, LingBot-World for high-fidelity world modeling, and LingBot-VA, which enables predictive video-based reasoning. Through this partnership, both companies aim to translate these models into industrial and commercial applications, building benchmark use cases that demonstrate the potential of embodied AI to transform robotics in service, manufacturing, and beyond.
