Alibaba has launched the Qwen Robot Suite, its first AI models designed for robotics, marking a shift from conversational chatbots to physical agents. The suite includes Qwen-RobotNav for navigation, Qwen-RobotWorld as a predictive scene model, and Qwen-RobotManip for physical actions, integrated with the powerful Qwen3.7-Max agent model. This full-stack approach positions Alibaba as a comprehensive AI factory, combining models, cloud infrastructure, and hardware capabilities. Early pilots with enterprise clients demonstrate robots performing tasks like object manipulation in real environments. Embedding advanced vision-language-action models into robots represents a critical step toward autonomous physical systems, demanding breakthroughs in real-time perception, safety, and reliable long-duration operation.
Alibaba has launched the Qwen Robot Suite, its first AI models designed for robotics, marking a shift from conversational chatbots to physical agents. The suite includes Qwen-RobotNav for navigation, Qwen-RobotWorld as a predictive scene model, and Qwen-RobotManip for physical actions, integrated with the powerful Qwen3.7-Max agent model. This full-stack approach positions Alibaba as a comprehensive AI factory, combining models, cloud infrastructure, and hardware capabilities. Early pilots with enterprise clients demonstrate robots performing tasks like object manipulation in real environments. Embedding advanced vision-language-action models into robots represents a critical step toward autonomous physical systems, demanding breakthroughs in real-time perception, safety, and reliable long-duration operation.