Modelbest Open-Sources Embodied AI Model MiniCPM-Robot
AI寒武纪 · wechat · 2026-07-19
Modelbest announced and open-sourced its first embodied intelligence model series, **MiniCPM-Robot**, at WAIC, featuring two main branches: - **MiniCPM-RobotManip**: A general VLA model for robotic manipulation, focusing on solving the 'memory' issue in long-horizon tasks. The article explains how it utilizes visual Token compression and streaming inference to reduce the compute cost of incorporating historical observations to near that of single-frame reactive models. It ranks among the top tier on mainstream VLA benchmarks and significantly outperforms traditional methods on RMBench. - **MiniCPM-RobotTrack**: A local tracking and navigation model for robot dogs, supporting single-target, dynamic multi-target, and fuzzy command tracking. It emphasizes fully local, offline usability, with official success rates topping other open-source solutions. The article also introduces the supporting inference framework **PhyAI**, alongside real-world partnerships with Unitree Go2Edu, AUBO Robotics, and Geely Automobile, covering applications like showroom guidance, park patrolling, and long-horizon warehousing tasks. The overarching theme is Modelbest's successful transfer of its expertise in edge-side multimodal compression and inference optimization into the embodied AI domain.
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