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Direct Drive unveils wheel-legged robots for embodied AI entry

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Chinese startup Direct Drive is developing wheel-legged robots designed to overcome physical obstacles in the real world. The company believes that improving the physical capabilities of robots, rather than just their intelligence, is the key to advancing embodied AI. Their robots utilize direct-drive actuators and a wheel-legged design to navigate varied terrains like curbs and slopes, enabling entry into diverse environments. AI

IMPACT This development could enable robots to navigate more complex real-world environments, potentially accelerating the deployment of embodied AI applications.

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Direct Drive unveils wheel-legged robots for embodied AI entry

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  1. Pandaily TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] (Pandaily) ·

    Direct Drive Bets Wheel-Legged Robots Solve the First Hurdle of Embodied AI: Getting In

    Chinese startup Direct Drive argues the bottleneck for embodied robots is not a smarter brain but physical access to the real world, pairing direct-drive actuators with wheel-legged designs to cross curbs, slopes and mixed indoor-outdoor spaces.

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