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AGIBOT Unveils New Generation of Embodied AI Robots and Models, Accelerating Real-World Deployment of Physical AI

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SHANGHAI, April 18, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — AGIBOT, a global leading robotics company specializing in embodied intelligence, today announced a new generation of embodied AI products and foundation models at its 2026 Partner Conference, marking a major step toward large-scale real-world deployment of physical AI. Centered on its “One Robotic Body, Three Intelligences” full-stack architecture, the company introduced four new robotic platforms and multiple AI models designed to bridge the gap between advanced intelligence and real-world productivity.

As large models, reliable robotic hardware, and real-world data flywheels converge, embodied AI is rapidly evolving into a new production infrastructure. Building on the industry’s shift from “showcasing capabilities” to “delivering results,” AGIBOT’s latest releases aim to accelerate this transition, from showcasing capabilities to delivering measurable outcomes across industrial, commercial, and service environments.

“Embodied intelligence is no longer a concept, it is becoming a new form of productive infrastructure,” said Peng Zhihui, Co-founder, President and CTO of AGIBOT. “We are moving embodied intelligence from laboratory curiosity to production-line reality, enabling robots to truly integrate into human workflows and create measurable value across major scenarios.”

Reliable Bodies as the Foundation of Embodied AI
AGIBOT unveiled 5 new robotic platforms designed to support diverse real-world scenarios, from entertainment and retail to industrial operations and field inspection.

AGIBOT A3: Silicon-based Stage Star
The AGIBOT A3 humanoid robot is a new generation of high-performance, highly customizable platforms designed for interactive environments. Standing 173 cm tall and weighing just 55 kg with elegant golden-ratio aesthetics, it utilizes lightweight magnesium, titanium, and TPU materials to achieve an industry-leading 0.218 kW/kg power-to-weight ratio. Equipped with 10-hour ultra-long endurance, 10-second battery swap, advanced UWB centimeter-level swarm positioning for synchronized 100-robot performances, shoulder tactile sensing, and 360° multi-array microphones, the A3 enables seamless multi-robot coordination at scale. Its enhanced interaction system with full-direction audio capture further makes it ideal for entertainment, education, and customer engagement applications.

AGIBOT G2 Air: Lightweight “Human-Machine Collaborative New Paradigm”
AGIBOT G2 Air is a compact, highly agile single-arm mobile manipulator designed for light-duty, human-in-the-loop operations. It features 7 DOF, a 3 kg payload, 750–800 mm reach, sub-800 mm width, and speeds of ≥1.5 m/s. Optimized for seamless human–robot collaboration, it improves efficiency and consistency while addressing the cost–quality challenges of manual work. Its responsiveness and rapid deployment make it well-suited for retail, hospitality, logistics, and structured industrial workflows.

AGIBOT G2 Air also unifies task execution and data collection into a single workflow. Unlike traditional approaches that separate manual operations from AI training, it enables real-time data capture during task execution. Built on a UMI-isomorphic layout, it ensures alignment between egocentric and real-machine data. With an “agile, swift, compact” design, it operates in sub-800 mm spaces with zero-radius turning, and supports a clear upgrade path from assisted operation to full autonomy, protecting investment as AI capabilities evolve.

OmniHand 3 Ultra-T:Flagship of the NEW Omni 3 Series
OmniHand 3 Ultra-T represents the next-generation upgrade of the OmniHand portfolio, delivering industry-leading, human-level dexterity. It features a 22+3 DOF tendon-driven system, a lightweight 500g design, and a 10:1 load-to-weight ratio. With full-hand 3D tactile sensing, an integrated palm camera, sub-0.3s response time, and a wide wrist range (55° pitch, 40° yaw), it enables precise manipulation across industrial assembly, domestic tasks, and multi-axis operations.

Alongside the flagship, two additional products expand the lineup: the industrial-grade OmniPicker 3 gripper, with 140N force, 1,000,000-cycle durability, and modular tactile sensing; and OmniHand 3 Lite, a ruggedized dexterous hand for high-impact environments. Together, the portfolio delivers both high performance and accessible solutions across diverse real-world applications.

D2 Max: The First All-Terrain Level 3 Autonomous Quadruped Robot
AGIBOT’s next-generation flagship quadruped robot, the D2 Max, is the world’s first all‑terrain Level 3 autonomous quadruped robot, defining a new standard for AGI‑driven autonomous operation. It delivers exceptional all‑terrain performance and reliability. Designed for mission-critical scenarios, the D2 Max excels in security patrol, industrial inspection, emergency rescue, logistics, agriculture, and education, transforming traditional quadruped robots from remote‑controlled tools into highly autonomous intelligent systems.

MEgo: Body-Free Data Collection System for Scalable Physical AI
MEgo is a next-generation body-free data collection system that redefines how physical AI data is generated. By removing reliance on robotic hardware, it introduces a human-centric, “capture-as-you-go” approach, enabling operators to collect high-quality multimodal data across real-world environments, from factories to retail and homes, with significantly lower cost and greater scalability.

The system combines MEgo Gripper and MEgo View to capture synchronized vision, motion, and tactile data with high precision, and is powered by the MEgo Engine platform for automated processing, reconstruction, and annotation. Together, they form a complete end-to-end pipeline, delivering ready-to-train datasets for embodied AI at scale.

Unveiling 8 Foundational AI Models Powering 3 Pillars of Embodied Intelligence
Alongside its robotic advancements, AGIBOT introduced eight foundational AI products organized under its “One Robotic Body, Three Intelligences” architecture, spanning Locomotion Intelligence, Manipulation Intelligence, and Interactive Intelligence. Together, these models form a unified Physical AI platform that integrates motion, task execution, and human interaction into a closed-loop system driven by data, simulation, and real-world deployment.

Locomotion Intelligence
Focused on enabling robots to move with human-like fluidity and adaptability in the physical world.

BFM (Behavioral Foundation Model) teaches robots to imitate human movements instantly from a single demonstration or short video, delivering high stability even in noisy environments and dramatically accelerating new task deployment.GCFM (Generative Control Foundation Model) turns text, audio, or video inputs into natural, context-aware robot motions in real time, allowing dynamic improvisation and adaptation across entertainment and industrial scenarios.

Manipulation Intelligence
Focused on turning high-level understanding into reliable real-world task execution and productivity.

AGIBOT WORLD 2026 is the open-source, production-grade real-world dataset collected from authentic industrial, logistics, home, hotel, and commercial scenarios, providing the high-quality data foundation for capable manipulation intelligence.GO-2 (ViLLA Embodied Foundation Model) bridges planning and execution with Action Chain-of-Thought, enabling consistent long-horizon task performance and achieving state-of-the-art results on major benchmarks.GE-2 (World Action Model) creates interactive virtual worlds for safe, high-speed strategy testing and continuous improvement.Genie Sim 3.0 is the one-stop simulation platform that uses natural language to instantly generate accurate digital twins of real environments for rapid training and near-perfect sim-to-real transfer.SOP (Real-World Distributed Online Learning System) allows deployed robot fleets to learn continuously from real operations, turning every task into model improvement and enabling exponential scaling.

Interactive Intelligence
Focused on natural, human-centered collaboration.

WITA Omni is the industry’s first robot-native end-to-end multimodal interaction model. It seamlessly fuses vision, audio, language, and action, enabling context-aware, emotionally intelligent responses with synchronized speech, gestures, and expressions, making robots intuitive partners in retail, hospitality, education, and daily life.

These eight models, tightly coupled with real-world data and simulation, form a closed-loop system that continuously evolves through deployment, moving embodied AI from isolated capabilities toward scalable, production-ready intelligence.

Full-Stack Architecture and Open Ecosystem for Scalable Deployment
Building on its “One Robotic Body, Three Intelligences” architecture, AGIBOT is extending its capabilities beyond models and hardware into a full-stack ecosystem designed to support large-scale deployment of embodied AI.

To accelerate adoption, AGIBOT continues to expand its open ecosystem through its AIMA (AI Machine Architecture) platform. This ecosystem integrates key development layers across embodied AI, including operating systems, interaction frameworks, development tools, and deployment platforms.

Core components of the AIMA ecosystem include:

Link-U OS: Native operating system for embodied intelligenceLinkSoul Platform: Persistent personality, memory, and long-term interaction engineLinkCraft Platform: No-code environment for motion and behavior creationGenie Studio: Full-stack development platform covering data collection, training, simulation, and deployment

Together, these platforms lower the barrier to entry for embodied AI development and enable partners across industries to build, customize, and scale applications more efficiently.

Advancing Real-World Deployment at Scale
AGIBOT emphasized that the inflection point for embodied AI lies not only in model breakthroughs, but in the ability to deploy systems reliably at scale within real-world workflows.

To support this transition, the company introduced a portfolio of production-ready solutions across key scenarios, including industrial handling, logistics sorting, retail services, security inspection, and commercial operations. These solutions are designed to integrate seamlessly into existing environments, enabling robots to deliver measurable productivity improvements.

With hundreds of robots already deployed across multiple projects and a rapidly expanding partner ecosystem, AGIBOT is advancing a new paradigm for the industry, shifting from delivering standalone robotic systems to providing outcome-driven solutions.

As embodied AI enters this next phase, AGIBOT’s integrated approach positions it at the forefront of transforming intelligent machines into a scalable, real-world productive force.

For more information, please visit AGIBOT at AGIBOT.com and follow AGIBOT on:

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About AGIBOT
AGIBOT is dedicated to driving innovation through the integration of AI and robotics, creating world-leading general-purpose embodied robot products and an application ecosystem. Built on the foundation of the robotic body and powered by the fusion of interaction, manipulation, and locomotion intelligence – “1 Robotic Body, 3 Intelligence” – AGIBOT is a leading robotics company in the industry to deliver a complete product portfolio and deploy across all major application scenarios. In March 2026, AGIBOT announced the rollout of its 10,000th robot, marking a major milestone in large-scale production and deployment.

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Bloomberg Introduces Spread-to-Benchmark Quoting for EUR and GBP Portfolio Trading Baskets

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LONDON, June 2, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Bloomberg today announced the launch of Spread-to-Benchmark quoting and trading for Euro (EUR) and Sterling (GBP) denominated portfolio trades through its Portfolio Trading Basket Builder (PTBB). The new functionality expands the range of quoting protocols available for European credit portfolio trading and reflects growing client demand for spread-based execution workflows, alongside increased dealer support for the convention across EUR and GBP markets.

Spread-to-Benchmark quoting is a well-established protocol for USD credit portfolio trades and is used by market participants to evaluate and execute portfolio trades. By extending this workflow to EUR and GBP portfolio trades, Bloomberg enables clients and dealers to transact using a familiar spread-based methodology across additional credit markets. 

The introduction of Spread-to-Benchmark quoting for EUR and GBP baskets reflects increased client interest in evaluating portfolio trades through a spread-based lens and the growing adoption of spread-based execution workflows in European credit markets. The workflow provides market participants with an additional framework for assessing the relationship between credit spread risk and underlying government bond yields when pricing and executing portfolio trades. 

Additional Workflow Flexibility 
The workflow complements Bloomberg’s existing portfolio trading capabilities, which support the full range of market-standard quoting conventions, including Price, Yield, Spread-to-Benchmark and Spread based workflows that reference Bloomberg’s evaluated pricing service (BVAL). This gives clients flexibility to compare and execute portfolio trades using the quoting methodology that best aligns with their investment objectives, execution preferences and internal risk management processes. 

“European credit clients continue to look for execution workflows that reflect how they evaluate risk and monitor portfolio trading outcomes,” said Harry Street, Global Head of Credit and Equities Trading Product at Bloomberg. “By expanding dealer support for Spread-to-Benchmark quoting for EUR and GBP baskets, Bloomberg is broadening the range of workflow options available to clients trading European credit portfolios.” 

“Portfolio trading workflows in fixed income continue to become more sophisticated as institutional investors look for ways to evaluate execution quality in changing market conditions,” said Kevin McPartland, Head of Market Structure & Technology Research at Crisil Coalition Greenwich. “Spread-based quoting helps market participants more clearly distinguish between the impacts of credit spread and underlying rates movements when determining how best to execute a portfolio trade.” 

Bloomberg’s Electronic Markets solutions are used by leading financial institutions to trade efficiently in over 175 markets around the world. More than 9,000 client firms use Bloomberg Electronic Markets to access industry-leading depth and breadth of liquidity across asset classes from over 800 dealers globally. Bloomberg Electronic Markets provides market participants with comprehensive solutions across the trading lifecycle, including robust price transparency, analytics, automation and execution, powered by Bloomberg’s high-quality, multi-asset class data and tools.

About Bloomberg
Bloomberg is a global leader in business and financial information, delivering trusted data, news, and insights that bring transparency, efficiency, and fairness to markets. The company helps connect influential communities across the global financial ecosystem via reliable technology solutions that enable our customers to make more informed decisions and foster better collaboration. For more information, visit Bloomberg.com/company or request a demo.

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Dr. Sunho Kang, a senior battery-technology executive with leadership experience at major global battery and EV manufacturers, joins TeraWatt Technology as Head of Product and Technology

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SAN FRANCISCO, June 2, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — TeraWatt Technology Inc. (Headquartered in California, USA) is pleased to announce that Dr. Sunho Kang has joined the company as Head of Product and Technology.

Dr. Kang is a globally recognized battery-technology executive with more than 25 years of leadership experience spanning the United States, Asia, and Europe, and a distinguished track record of advancing innovations from laboratory research through gigafactory-scale production. He has held senior executive positions at world-leading organizations including Samsung SDI, Apple, and Volkswagen Group of America, and brings deep expertise in lithium-ion battery materials, cell engineering, and product industrialization across a broad range of applications, including electric vehicles and energy storage systems.

At TeraWatt, Dr. Kang will lead global product development and the commercialization of TeraWatt’s battery technology platform, aiming to accelerate the delivery of TeraWatt’s competitive products as well as the technology and commercialization roadmap including manufacturing scale-up.

Dr. Kang commented:

“I am thrilled to join TeraWatt Technology as Head of Product and Technology. TeraWatt’s innovative battery platform presents a tremendous opportunity to push the boundaries of lithium-ion technology, and I look forward to working with the team to accelerate product development and commercialization to deliver meaningful impact.”

TeraWatt Technology founder CEO Ken Ogata, Ph.D. commented:

“We are thrilled to welcome Dr. Kang as our Head of Product and Technology. His deep expertise in battery materials, cell engineering, and productization will be instrumental in accelerating TeraWatt’s product roadmap and technology leadership. Together with Dr. Kang, we will continue to drive our mission forward.”

About TeraWatt Technology Inc.
TeraWatt Technology Inc. is a California-based company that produces lightweight, high-power, and safe next-generation lithium-ion batteries.

Company Overview
Name: TeraWatt Technology Inc.
Representative: Co-founder and CEO Ken Ogata
Headquarters: 28 Geary St, Suite 650, San Francisco, CA 94108, United States
Founded: January 2020
Established: December 2019
URL: https://www.terawatt-technology.com/

 

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Tencent Cloud and Soniox Announce Strategic Partnership: Combining Advanced Speech-to-Text (STT) Technology with Global Real-Time Infrastructure

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HONG KONG, June 2, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Tencent Cloud, the cloud business of global technology company Tencent, today announced a strategic partnership with Soniox, a San Francisco-based speech AI company that specializes in developing high-accuracy, low-latency speech AI solutions. The collaboration integrates Soniox’s speech-to-text (STT) technology with Tencent Cloud’s Real-Time Communication (TRTC) enterprise-grade global infrastructure, enabling enterprises to build and deploy multilingual voice AI applications across 200+ countries and regions.

Elevating Enterprise Voice AI at a Global Scale

In enterprise voice AI deployments, latency directly affects user experience and application reliability. The integration of Soniox’s high-accuracy, low-latency STT with TRTC’s global transmission infrastructure reduces latency across the entire pipeline, creating a comprehensive end-to-end solution for enterprises deploying conversational AI applications worldwide.    

Soniox is the voice platform for every language. Unlike legacy speech AI, which was built primarily for English-speakers, Soniox delivers native-speaker accuracy across 60+ languages. Its technology can handle mid-sentence language switching — a user can switch between English and Chinese in a single utterance, and Soniox will capture every word with complete accuracy. All of this works through a single API that works for both speech-to-text and text-to-speech.

By integrating TRTC, the partnership leverages an enterprise-grade real-time communication backbone featuring more than 3,200 global nodes, sub-300 ms worldwide latency, and advanced capabilities such as AI noise suppression and weak-network resilience. These capabilities enable conversational AI applications to operate reliably across diverse network environments, including regions such as Southeast Asia and Africa.

With the roll out of this partnership, developers can integrate the Soniox STT API directly within the Tencent Cloud console. Whether targeting English-speaking markets or supporting languages such as Arabic, Hindi, and Malay, enterprises can build global voice applications — including intelligent customer service, voice assistants, real-time translation, and meeting transcription — to address the demands of expansion into emerging markets and multilingual scenarios.

Wison Xie, Head of Product at Tencent RTC, stated: “Tencent RTC has always been committed to providing reliable real-time communication infrastructure for global enterprises. Our partnership with Soniox brings together our strengths in enterprise-grade audio transmission and Soniox’s advanced speech recognition technology. Together, we are making it easier for businesses to deploy accurate, low-latency voice AI applications across any language and any market.”

Klemen Simonic, CEO at Soniox Inc., stated “At Soniox, our mission is to help businesses understand every word, in any language, with native speaker accuracy and exceptional speed. Partnering with Tencent Cloud combines our speech AI with world-class real-time infrastructure, enabling enterprises to build voice AI experiences that scale globally with low latency and reliability.”

About Tencent Cloud:

Tencent Cloud, one of the world’s leading cloud companies, is committed to creating innovative solutions to resolve real-world issues and enabling digital transformation for smart industries. Through our extensive global infrastructure, Tencent Cloud provides businesses across the globe with stable and secure industry-leading cloud products and services, leveraging technological advancements such as cloud computing, Big Data analytics, AI, IoT, and network security. It is our constant mission to meet the needs of industries across the board, including the fields of gaming, media and entertainment, finance, healthcare, property, retail, travel, and transportation.

About Tencent RTC:

Tencent RTC provides real-time communication solutions, including audio/video calling, live streaming, and in-game voice. With enterprise-grade security, AI-powered enhancements, and a global network of over 3,200 nodes, Tencent RTC powers mission-critical communication for customers worldwide.

About Soniox:

Soniox is a next-generation voice AI company bringing about the end of English-first speech AI. Most people on the planet did not grow up speaking English and often mix languages mid-sentence; and yet legacy speech AI was built for just English. Soniox is different: native-speaker accuracy across 60+ languages, true mid-sentence language switching, and flawless alphanumeric recognition that legacy providers still can’t match. For developers building global apps, Soniox is the only option. Try it for yourself at soniox.com.

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