AGIBOT Unveils Genie G2 Humanoid for Logistics
The company AGIBOT has unveiled the Genie G2, a next-generation wheeled humanoid robot. The G2 is designed for logistics and industrial tasks, showcasing advancements in mobility and manipulation for automated warehouse and factory environments.
- The Genie G2 is a wheeled humanoid, a design choice that prioritizes stability and efficiency on the flat surfaces of warehouses and factories over more complex and less stable bipedal locomotion. - Its technical specifications include a height of 175 cm, weight of 55 kg, dual 7-DoF arms each with a 5 kg payload, and an omnidirectional base capable of moving at 1.5 m/s. - For onboard processing, the G2 utilizes an NVIDIA Jetson Thor T5000, providing over 2,000 TFLOPS of compute power to run its proprietary foundation model, Genie Operator-1 (GO-1), for vision-language-action tasks. - The robot is designed for continuous 24/7 operation, featuring a dual hot-swappable battery system. - AGIBOT was founded in February 2023 by former Huawei engineers Deng Taihua (CEO) and Peng Zhihui (CTO); Peng is a well-known tech influencer who was part of Huawei's "Genius Youth" program. - The company has backing from major strategic investors, including Tencent, LG Electronics, BYD, and Hillhouse Capital, and is reportedly planning an IPO in Hong Kong in 2026 with a target valuation of over $5 billion. - The Genie division is led by Yao Maoqing, a former engineering director from electric vehicle maker Nio, and the chief scientist, Luo Jianlan, holds a Ph.D. in robotics from UC Berkeley. - To accelerate research in the field, AGIBOT has also open-sourced AgiBot World, a large-scale dataset for humanoid robot manipulation, aiming to create a shared platform for advancing embodied AI.
