# PokeBot opens RoboAPI to test natural-language control on robot arms > Source: > Published: 2026-10-30 00:06:22+00:00 # PokeBot opens RoboAPI to test natural-language control on robot arms **Founder Huazhe Xu is putting Poke-Aurora in developers' hands, with a wrist-camera setup designed to transfer across several robot-arm configurations.** By [RuntimeWire Staff](https://runtimewire.com/author/runtimewire-staff) · Published Primary source: [Aligned News — AI Intelligence](https://x.com/PokeBot_Global/status/2115864111192096934) ## Why it matters RoboAPI gives developers a way to test whether Poke-Aurora's shared setup reduces adaptation work across robot arms. Their use can help reveal where the model works and where it fails. [Huazhe Xu](https://www.sqz.ac.cn/en/artificial-66?ref=runtimewire), the Tsinghua University robotics researcher who founded [PokeBot](https://pokebot.com/ai?ref=runtimewire), is opening access to [RoboAPI](https://platform.pokebot.com/?ref=runtimewire), a service that lets developers give compatible robot arms natural-language instructions through an API. PokeBot says [registration](https://platform.pokebot.com/?ref=runtimewire) begins October 30th, with free access during the technical preview.… When you purchase through links in our articles, [we may earn a small commission](https://runtimewire.com/affiliate-monetization-standards). This doesn’t affect our editorial independence.