NAVER announces development of a robotics AI foundation model through NAVER LABS
Evidence notes
- NAVER said it was developing a robotics AI foundation model to expand robot capabilities and create a web-based environment where robot services could be built more easily.
- Contemporary coverage tied the humanoid effort to a joint project involving NAVER LABS, MIT, and KAIST, with the resulting system designed to connect to NAVER's ARC robot cloud platform and ARC Mind operating environment.
- This is the clearest recent humanoid and physical-AI capability signal surfaced for NAVER LABS in the current pass.
Company context
NAVER LABS is Naver's robotics, AI, mapping and autonomous systems R&D arm. Its work spans service robots, mapping, cloud robotics and smart-building infrastructure in Korea and Europe.