Agibot's Genie G2 Wins Two Gold Medals at Humanoid Robot Games
Agibot's Genie G2 humanoid robot won gold medals in the "fire emergency" and "library" scenarios at the Second World Humanoid Robot Games. The robot demonstrated practical task execution, such as handling heavy fire extinguishers and autonomously organizing books. This achievement highlights the transition of embodied AI from digital simulations to physical, real-world applications. It showcases how clever engineering workarounds, rather than just expensive hardware, can solve high-load physical challenges. The Genie G2 features force-controlled harmonic joint arms with a 5 kg rated load and an onboard controller delivering 2070 TOPS of computing power to run algorithms locally. For the fire scenario, engineers bypassed gripper load limits by adding a structural wrist hook and a 20-degree tilted carrying bucket on the chassis.
## BACKGROUND
Agibot (also known as Zhiyuan Robotics) is a Chinese company founded in 2023 that develops humanoid robots for industrial and service applications. Embodied AI refers to artificial intelligence systems embedded in physical bodies that perceive and interact with their environments. Robotic joints often rely on harmonic drives, which are compact, high-torque gear mechanisms that allow precise control of a robot's degrees of freedom.