Robbyant, an embodied AI company within Ant Group, and the Arab Federation for Digital Economy (AFDE) are set to advance the deployment, localization and commercialization of embodied AI and robotic solutions in the Middle East markets.
The partnership establishes a structured mechanism to jointly advance embodied AI adoption across the Middle East, with collaboration spanning five strategic pillars: regional deployment and commercialization, proof-of-concept and industry applications, Arabic and Middle East localization, Physical AI data and model collaboration, and ecosystem development.
AFDE selected Robbyant based on its full-stack technological capabilities native to embodied AI. This follows Robbyant releasing the LingBot 2.0 series, a comprehensive model suite in July 2026.
This series forms a complete, embodied-native ‘universal brain’ that powers robotic perception, world simulation, and action. Notably, Robbyant’s LingBot-VLA 2.0 foundation model has achieved pre-training support for 20 distinct robotic embodiments across 17 hardware brands, demonstrating a strong engineering focus on generalization and multi-embodiment compatibility.
Robbyant is also preparing to launch its proprietary cloud-based model toolchain platform, designed to better support model development, evaluation, and deployment for embodied AI applications.
Its solutions are already being deployed in real-world commercial scenarios, including pharmacies, logistics facilities, and industrial machine tending.
This deployment has significantly improved operational efficiency, particularly during peak hours and overnight shifts.
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