Virtuals Robotics: Why are we entering the field of embodied intelligence?

Author: Virtuals Protocol

Compiled by: Deep Tide TechFlow

Since its establishment, Virtuals' core goal has always been to build a society composed of AI agents—a network where agents can collaborate, trade, and create value.

Through ACP, we have realized commercial transactions between agents.

Through Butler, we have built a collaborative bridge between humans and agents.

Through Unicorn, we have solved the issue of capital formation for agents.

Each layer is expanding the boundaries of digital intelligence. Now, this network extends into the physical world through robotics, where intelligence has a tangible presence and actions can be materialized.

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Artificial intelligence has achieved automated reasoning, blockchain has empowered large-scale collaboration, and robotics technology has approached physical execution.

These three forces together form a closed loop, creating a self-sustaining system in which thoughts, actions, and transactions can spread autonomously.

This integration defines agentic GDP (aGDP), which refers to the total output generated by the collaboration of humans, agents, and machines in both digital and physical domains.

Our exploration of robotics technology began with the internal venture capital department, investing in cutting-edge teams at the intersection of perception, control, and automation. These early experiments revealed two core bottlenecks that limit agent embodiment:

Data: Without a rich spatial dataset, embodied artificial intelligence cannot learn to perceive or act effectively.

Capital: Without a scalable financing mechanism, innovations in robotics technology will remain slow and fragmented.

Solving these two problems is key to accelerating the development of physical intelligence.

Virtuals has chosen a “Middle Way” strategy to address the challenges of robotics.

We do not directly participate in hardware or model development, but instead focus on those invisible yet critically important levers to build the data and capital infrastructure that supports the ecosystem.

Through SeeSaw: We have launched a self-centered data platform that redefines the way the world captures and learns, allowing robots to “see” and understand space through human-recorded experiences.

Through Unicorn: We have reimagined the way cutting-edge technology is financed.

With the integration of these systems, Virtuals has evolved from a digital agency platform into a full-stack intelligent engine.

If the past decade was defined by information technology, then the next decade will be defined by concretization, the moment when ideas regain their physical form.

Through robotics technology, the agency's internet extends to the physical world, completing the closed loop between intelligence, collaboration, and existence.