Delta Intelligence unveils Δ₀, a humanoid foundation model for whole-body loco-manipulation
chris_j_paxton · x · 2026-11-03
Delta Intelligence has announced Δ₀, a humanoid foundation model (HFM) for whole-body loco-manipulation. It learns from human motion and robot interaction, coordinating perception, locomotion and manipulation through a learned whole-body controller.
The company frames general, reliable whole-body loco-manipulation as the core problem of humanoid intelligence and the hardest unsolved challenge on the path to useful general-purpose robots. The household demo covers long-horizon tasks—making a bed, picking up objects, opening a dishwasher, using a step trash can—where each action changes conditions for what comes next while preserving balance and grasps. A podcast discussion with Chris Paxton, Jia Lin and Siyuan Huang is dropping soon.
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