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Apr 10, 2026 · Artificial Intelligence

How a Chinese Company Swept the Embodied Intelligence Olympics with Faster, Precise, Low‑Data Robotics

A Chinese robotics firm leveraged a self‑developed VLA model to win all three core tasks at Benjie’s Embodied Intelligence Olympics—peeling oranges, unlocking doors, and flipping socks—outperforming the industry leader Physical Intelligence by up to 35% faster speed, using 30% fewer samples and achieving higher precision in real‑world, fully autonomous scenarios.