Physical AI company Real World (RLWRLD, CEO Ryu Jung-hee) announced on the 19th that it has entered into an alliance with Microsoft and will embark on a long-term collaboration for research, development, and commercialization of industrial robotics AI.
This collaboration includes leveraging Azure-based cloud infrastructure, research discussions with Microsoft Research (MSR), and joint entry into the Asian market (GTM).
RealWorld has been developing a Robotics Foundation Model (RFM) that is hardware-independent, leveraging precise 4D+ multimodal data collected from real-world manufacturing environments in Korea, Japan, and the United States. The two companies plan to leverage Azure GPU and CPU clusters, security and API infrastructure, and cloud storage to scale and accelerate training for reinforcement learning, imitation learning, and Vision-Language-Action (VLA) models.
Additionally, the two organizations are exploring the possibility of collaborating with MSR to strengthen research on industry-specific robotics AI. Areas of discussion include task history-based Latent Action Modeling and industrial-specific Vision-Language Models (VLMs), and this is expected to lead to a concrete research agreement in the future.
RealWorld and Microsoft will also pursue demonstration and business activities, including proof-of-concept (PoC) projects, joint marketing, and technology event presentations targeting the manufacturing, logistics, retail, and hotel industries in Asia. This strategy aims to accelerate market expansion by combining RealWorld's on-site industrial data and robotics AI technology with Microsoft's global network and cloud capabilities.
“This collaboration is a key foundation for expanding Real World’s robotics foundation model to a global level,” said Ryu Joong-hee, CEO of Real World. “We will establish a new standard for field-based robotics AI that solves real-world problems in the manufacturing and logistics industries.”
“RealWorld is a leading company developing robotic AI that operates in real-world industrial environments,” said Johnny Tian, vice president of sales for Microsoft Digital Native Asia. “Building on the capabilities of Azure and MSR, we will support RealWorld’s global expansion and jointly build an ecosystem that enables Asian companies to leverage robotic AI as a competitive advantage.”
- See more related articles
You must be logged in to post a comment.