PRO Robots

ATEC2025·Real-World Extreme Challenge has pushed robots out of the lab and into real nature — hills, stones, shaky bridges, unpredictable terrain.Minimum remote control, maximum autonomy.

Hosted by the Chinese University of Hong Kong and co-organized by ATEC, Peking University, Beijing Normal University, and Ant Group, the challenge brings together leading forces in robotics research and education.

Teams from top global universities tested what robots can really do outdoors. Not everything worked… And that’s exactly the point.

China is racing ahead in robotics and talent development — and challenges like ATEC2025 show why.

Robbyant R1 — The Learning Robot Chef, designed to cater to your needs

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At the Inclusion Conference 2025 in Shanghai, Ant Group exhibited its first humanoid robot, Robbyant R1.

Robbyant R1 can autonomously handle multi-step cooking: plan tasks end-to-end, grasp ingredients, operate works, stoves, and coffee machines, and serve consistent dishes.

Powered by a large embodied-AI model and AI spatial perception, Robbyant R1 keeps learning new recipes, adapts to appliances from different brands, and can be customized to specific kitchen layouts and workflows.

Today it’s for big kitchens — tomorrow the same tech could expand to elderly care, medical assistance, and household tasks.