Open Hardware ≠ Paradigm Breakthrough: Ecovacs Robot Teardown Technical Logic and Embodied AI's Real-World Struggles

The most valuable information in this article is that Ecovacs has fully open-sourced the hardware and software platform for its embodied intelligence robot "DEEBOT X1" (assumed model number; not explicitly stated in the news but reasonably inferred), and clearly denied that the "ChatGPT moment for embodied intelligence" has arrived. The discussions triggered by this move in both the industry and academia are far more worth delving into than "open source" itself—it reveals the underlying bottleneck in the embodied intelligence field as it transitions from "hardware stacking" to "data closed-loop," as well as the strategic considerations behind Ecovacs' choice of technical route as a leading manufacturer of household service robots.