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Maxwell smart: new Chinese embodied model tops global AI ranking on physical tasks

The Chinese Academy of Sciences' Institute of Artificial Intelligence for Industries released Maxwell, an embodied AI model that scored 91.9 on the Meta-World benchmark for robot physical tasks, the highest score ever recorded on the simulation benchmark. Meta-World, created by researchers from Stanford University, UC Berkeley and other institutions, evaluates how well robots perform 50 everyday physical tasks such as grasping and carrying.

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A new embodied AI model known as Maxwell – developed by the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Artificial Intelligence for Industries – has shot to first place on the Meta-World benchmark for robot physical tasks. Maxwell scored 91.9 – the highest ever recorded on the simulation benchmark. Meta-World was set up by researchers from Stanford University, UC Berkeley and other institutions to evaluate how well robots perform 50 everyday physical tasks. They range from grasping and carrying to...

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