In the realms of encryption, AI, and Bots, these projects are leading cross-innovation.

Author: Simon

Compiled by: Deep Tide TechFlow

Robots, cryptocurrency, artificial intelligence - this is the “technological trinity” of our generation.

These three are the most disruptive technologies today, and some even believe that they represent the last major technological disruption. Therefore, it is particularly noteworthy when Virtuals integrates the field of robotics into its technological system.

But why do they want to do this?

The developers of artificial intelligence quickly realized that encryption technology and blockchain are the most effective ways for agents to conduct transactions and operate on the internet. Meanwhile, robot developers understand that integrating artificial intelligence into machines can create truly autonomous devices that can follow instructions and complete tasks in the real world.

A symbiotic relationship has formed between these three technologies, with each technology enhancing the capabilities of the others. While they can exist independently (not all robots need encryption technology, and not all agents require robots), when the three are combined, a complete closed loop is formed.

Blockchain can achieve large-scale coordination of proxies/robots while providing infrastructure for payment, service fee settlement, and even allowing decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) to control a fleet of autonomous delivery drones.

Artificial intelligence gives robots reasoning and decision-making capabilities, allowing them to operate without complete human intervention. Meanwhile, robots provide the physical execution capability that enables agents to interact with the human world.

This is a perfect symbiosis between technologies, and @Virtuals_io recognizes this by introducing the concept they call aGDP (agentic GDP).

aGDP is described as “the total output generated by the collaboration of humans, agents, and machines in the digital and physical realms.”

When robots can enter physical realms previously inaccessible to agents, this concept transforms digital productivity into tangible results.

The technical system of Virtuals is built upon three core products: ACP, Butler, and Unicorn.

The following sections will introduce these three pillars separately and demonstrate how the robots integrate within them.

ACP: The Future Potential of Agency Commercial Agreements

ACP, short for Agent Commerce Protocol, as the name suggests, is a protocol that supports transactions between agents, typically involving tasks such as trading, analysis, and research. However, with the addition of robotics technology, the functionality of ACP can be further expanded, becoming more diverse and powerful.

Imagine such a scene:

You are a real estate developer and need to complete a construction task.

You use a research agent to hire a design agent to create design drawings.

Subsequently, the research agent hired a Construction Robot Agent to lay the foundation for the property.

The construction agent then hires supply chain agents to order building materials.

All these transactions are settled through the ACP protocol.

Although this sounds like a futuristic scenario, its potential is limitless.

For example, a Manufacturing Agent can hire a swarm of Delivery Drones to deliver products directly to consumers' homes; alternatively, a Farm Agent can analyze weather data and employ robotic agents to complete seeding or irrigation tasks.

If you are interested in the backend operations of ACP, here is how it works:

More details can be found here.

Recently, we have noticed a surge of excitement surrounding x402. Here is a comparison with ACP and why Virtuals can benefit from the growth of agentic capabilities:

Butler

Butler is the front-end interface for Virtuals aimed at its agent economy, allowing users to interact with autonomous agents built on that protocol.

Users can input their requirements through the chat feature of platform X, and Butler will recommend suitable agents (or agent clusters) to complete the tasks. After collecting user input, Butler will confirm the cost of the task and the deliverables, and then assign the task.

When robotic technology is introduced, this process will become more dynamic. Users can send instructions to agents through Butler, and agents can perform these tasks in the real world via robots.

This means that users can operate and control the entire business enterprise solely through an agent.

Need to design T-shirts and apparel? There are dedicated agents to get it done.

Need to package these products and deliver them to the customer? There are robots to take care of it.

The door to business management is now open: anyone can submit requests or tasks to be completed by agents/robots, without having to participate personally.

Unicorn

Unicorn is an upgraded ecosystem launch platform for Virtuals, providing financing support for projects within the ecosystem, helping developers and founders raise startup funds. The previous Genesis model ultimately evolved into a “mining farce,” where users focused more on collecting points rather than supporting real entrepreneurs.

Virtuals indicates that they have already begun investing in robotics projects through their venture capital division, but they found that without a scalable financing mechanism, the pace of innovation would become slow and fragmented. Today, as the incentive mechanisms of the Unicorn model become more rationalized, robotic and agent developers can more easily raise funds for their bold ideas, such as:

Agricultural Sector: A group of autonomous agricultural robots managed by agents, utilizing predictive analytics technology to optimize crop yields and automatically carry out planting, monitoring, and harvesting tasks.

Logistics Delivery: An intelligent delivery drone network that completes ground or aerial delivery tasks through a bidding process.

Construction: A self-organizing group of construction robots coordinated by design and site planning agents.

There are many similar innovative ideas, but currently there is still a key issue that has not been resolved: today's robots are not plug-and-play; they cannot automatically master all skills.

They need to be taught and trained.

This is exactly where SeeSaw comes into play.

SeeSaw

In order for these robotic agents to operate efficiently in the real world, they need large-scale spatial datasets. These data can involve everything from distinguishing between different types of alarm sounds to navigating construction sites, and even seemingly simple tasks like folding a shirt correctly.

The emergence of SeeSaw is precisely to solve this problem. By allowing humans to record daily activities and target tasks, SeeSaw helps robots better understand the surrounding world. These daily behaviors are transformed into data, becoming the material for robots to learn.

It is extremely challenging for robots to learn the laws of motion of objects and humans in a three-dimensional world. This is also why even the most subtle motion data is crucial for robots.

It is precisely for this reason that SeeSaw was born, and Virtuals understands the importance of data collection.

SeeSaw is an iOS video collection application that collects video data of interactions between people and objects through crowdsourcing. They gamify this process, allowing users to complete tasks and earn rewards.

As long as the rewards match the contributions of users, this system can quickly scale, providing a vast visual interaction database for Virtuals, available for use by any robotics teams in need.

SeeSaw is developed in collaboration with @BitRobotNetwork, ensuring that the quality of the collected data is strong and can be used on a large scale for robot training.

It's just the beginning.

Although this article ends here, it is just a starting point for the “Technological Trinity.”

These three areas have just begun to show their potential, and due to the nature of the cryptocurrency industry, we have the opportunity to witness these developments from the very beginning.

It is easy to imagine that in the near future, we will see agencies and companies entirely composed of robots. The scene of robots automatically completing tasks around us is both exciting and may cause a slight sense of “fear” for science fiction fans.

The future arrives faster than we expected. What results will Virtuals bring in the exploration of the “technology trinity”? We look forward to seeing.