Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence

HQ: Beijing
Website: www.baai.ac.cn ↗

The Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence (BAAI) is a major Chinese AI research institute working on embodied AI and robot foundation models, positioning itself at the frontier of humanoid intelligence.

BAAI operates as a national-level research platform dedicated to advancing artificial general intelligence in China, with embodied AI emerging as one of its core strategic directions. The institute's work on large-scale foundation models for robotic systems addresses the challenge of giving humanoid robots broad, adaptable intelligence rather than task-specific programming. BAAI collaborates with leading Chinese universities and technology companies, serving as a coordinating hub for China's broader effort to develop competitive humanoid and embodied-AI platforms. Its research output in robot learning, world models, and multi-modal perception feeds directly into the control and cognitive systems that next-generation humanoids will require.

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