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Robotics Startup Unveils 'Fastest' World Model After Reaching a 10-Billion Valuation
StarSeaMap's Fast-WAM boosts robot reaction speed by 4x by decoupling training from inference, proving world models rely on implicit physics understanding rather than explicit future video generation.

TARS and Six Institutions Unveil OmniVTA Tactile-Visual World Model
TARS, in collaboration with six institutions including NUS and Tsinghua University, releases the OmniVTA framework and OmniViTac dataset, enabling robots to transition from passive perception to active tactile prediction and closed-loop control for dexterous manipulation.

Skild AI Raises RMB 9.8 Billion in Series C; 1X Unveils World Model Progress; LimX Dynamics Releases Embodied AI Agent System
Sklid AI completes a $1.4 billion (approx. 9.8 billion RMB) Series C round led by SoftBank, raising its valuation to over $14 billion. Meanwhile, 1X introduces its generative world model 1XWM for robotic autonomy, and LimX Dynamics launches COSA, an embodied agent OS for humanoid robots.

1X Reveals World Model Advances: Can NEO Robots Enter Homes?
1X has released 1XWM, a generative world model pre-trained on internet videos, to enhance NEO's autonomous capabilities and accelerate its deployment in household environments.

Unitree Open-Sources UnifoLM-WMA World Model for General Robot Learning
On September 15, Unitree announced the open-source release of UnifoLM-WMA-0, a world model-action architecture designed for embodied AI. This move aims to advance global industry development by providing solutions for cross-robot general learning.

AgiBot Unveils World Model Platform and Next-Gen Robot at WAIC
At the 2025 WAIC, AgiBot unveiled 'Genie Envisioner,' an open-source world model platform for dual-arm robots. Partner Yao Maoqing discussed the company's embodied AI flywheel, the upcoming Genie G2 robot with hot-swappable battery capabilities, and commercialization progress in industrial and service sectors.

1X AI VP: Dancing Robots Are Cool, But Useless in the Home
In an interview with The Humanoid Hub, 1X AI Vice President Eric Jang discusses why dancing robots lack utility in home environments, highlights 1X's hardware-first strategy, and emphasizes the critical role of world models in embodied AI.