Ropedia launches academic partner program offering HOMIE Gen2 research kits
liuziwei7 · x · 2026-09-16
Ropedia announced an Academic Partner Program supporting researchers in Physical AI, robotics, and embodied intelligence.
- Academic partners get access to HOMIE Gen2 research kits to capture real-world multimodal egocentric data
- Open resources include the XPERIENCE-10M dataset, spatial foundation models, and embodied AI benchmarks
- The company positions itself as full-stack infrastructure for Physical AI spanning hardware, data, and intelligence
Applications are open now.
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