By Tracy Qu
Alibaba Group has rolled out a suite of artificial-intelligence models that can help robots better understand and perform real-world tasks, as tech companies ramp up a push into the fast-growing physical AI field.
The foundational robotics models based on Alibaba's Qwen models will help robots to adapt to diverse environments, handling tasks in unfamiliar setting while following natural language instructions, the company said Tuesday.
The newly introduced Qwen-Robot Suite comprises three core models: Qwen-RobotManip, a generalizable vision-language-action model; Qwen-RobotNav, a scalable vision-language navigation model; and Qwen-RobotWorld, a video world model designed for embodied intelligence.
These models have entered real-world pilot testing with select Alibaba cloud enterprise customers within the robotics sector, Alibaba said.
Even as Chinese AI startups including Moonshot AI and MiniMax are pushing aggressively on the large language model front, tech incumbents such as Alibaba and Baidu are seeking to build an ecosystem around AI from models to chips.
Alibaba expects AI-related product revenue to become the primary driver of revenue growth for the cloud segment, Chief Executive Eddie Wu said earlier this year.
Write to Tracy Qu at tracy.qu@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
June 16, 2026 00:10 ET (04:10 GMT)
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