Modelbest Open-Sources Embodied AI Model Series MiniCPM-Robot

ModelBest, in collaboration with OpenBMB, announced and open-sourced the embodied AI model series MiniCPM-Robot and the inference framework PhyAI during WAIC. Designed to serve as the "brain" for robots, this series emphasizes sim-to-real generalization and attempts to cover multiple downstream tasks with a single set of weights.

Key Models and Details

The series primarily includes the following models:

- **MiniCPM-RobotManip**: Positioned as a general-purpose VLA (Vision-Language-Action) model with 1.5B parameters. Based on MiniCPM-V4.6, it is primarily used to control robotic arms. By incorporating historical actions to predict future actions, this model enhances operational continuity.

- **MiniCPM-RobotTrack**: Designed for robot navigation and tracking tasks within embodied AI pipelines.

Companion Framework

In addition to the models, the release also introduced the inference framework **PhyAI** to support the execution and deployment of embodied AI models.

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