AI² Robotics introduced its second-generation general-purpose robot, AlphaBot 2, at the BRIDGE Summit in its first public appearance in the UAE. The company presented two demonstrations in which the robot carried out coffee-making and a drum performance using the same hardware and model without scripting, tele-operation, or pre-programmed motion sequences.
The BRIDGE Summit brought together participants from 132 countries, including business leaders and media representatives. During the event, AI² Robotics was named a strategic robotics partner under a memorandum of understanding signed by H.E. Dr. Jamal Mohammed Obaid Al Kaabi, Vice Chairman of BRIDGE, and Dr. Yandong Guo, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of AI² Robotics. The agreement outlines plans to support the UAE’s adoption of general-purpose robots and expand collaboration in line with national AI initiatives.
According to the company, AlphaBot 2 operated during the demonstrations under on-device inference to manage varying lighting conditions, crowds, and network fluctuations. The system uses GOVLA, described as a Global and Omni-body Vision-Language-Action model intended to provide 360-degree perception, whole-body coordination, and extended task planning.
Dr. Guo delivered a keynote address on developments in embodied intelligence in China, stating that the combination of artificial intelligence, hardware, and real-world deployment scenarios is shaping the direction of general-purpose robotics. He outlined the company’s engineering approach and said AI² Robotics aims to advance its technology through real-world robot deployment. AlphaBot 2 is in use in manufacturing, biotechnology, semiconductor operations, and public services in China. The company said data from these deployments is used to further train and refine GOVLA.
