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Physix Frontier · News Briefing Card (Leiphone · Oct 27, 2026)

Ant Lingbo Embodied Model Challenge Wraps Online Round with 1,855 Teams

KEY FACTS

  • The online preliminary round of the first Ant Lingbo Embodied Large Model Challenge ended on October 27.
  • A total of 1,855 teams and 3,252 contestants from 13 countries registered for the competition.
  • Participants span 648 universities, research institutes, and companies, including 41 overseas institutions.
  • The offline grand final is scheduled for November 14-16 in Zhangjiang, Shanghai.
  • The final takes the form of a 48-hour real-machine hackathon, with 15 teams competing.

KEY DATA

1,855Registered Teams
3,252Registered Contestants
13Countries Represented
15Finalist Teams

PHYSIX OBSERVATION

Nearly two thousand teams showing up for the inaugural edition shows developer enthusiasm for embodied intelligence has been ignited, but heat does not equal deployment. What is truly worth watching is the 48-hour real-machine segment of the final: scoring high in simulation is easy, but getting a model to work reliably in the physical world is the real dividing line. Ant is using open-source models to rally an ecosystem, and this move puts it ahead in the race for developer mindshare.

Source: Leiphone report