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

Original Title: Introducing Virtuals Robotics.

Original Source: Virtuals Protocol

Original Compilation: 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 enabled commercial transactions between agents.

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

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

Each layer expands 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.

Artificial intelligence has achieved reasoning automation, blockchain has empowered large-scale collaboration, and robotics is approaching physical execution.

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

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

Our exploration of robotics began with an 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 materialization:

· Data: Without rich spatial datasets, embodied AI cannot learn to perceive or act effectively.

· Capital: Without scalable financing mechanisms, innovation in robotics will remain slow and fragmented.

Addressing these two issues is key to accelerating the development of physical intelligence.

Virtuals has chosen a "Middle Way" strategy to tackle the challenges of robotics.

We do not directly engage in hardware or model development but focus on the invisible yet decisive levers that build the data and capital infrastructure supporting the ecosystem.

· Through SeeSaw: We launched a self-centered data platform that redefines how the world is captured and learned, enabling robots to "see" and understand space through human-recorded experiences.

· Through Unicorn: We reimagined the financing of cutting-edge technologies.

As these systems converge, Virtuals has evolved from a digital agent platform into a full-stack intelligence engine.

If the past decade was defined by information technology, the next decade will be defined by embodiment—the moment when thoughts regain tangible form.

Through robotics, the internet of agents extends into the physical world, completing the closed loop between intelligence, collaboration, and existence.