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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