Robbyant, an embodied AI firm inside Ant Group, and the Arab Federation for Digital Economy (AFDE) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to advance the deployment, localization and commercialization of embodied AI and robotic options within the United Arab Emirates and the broader GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) and Center East markets.
The settlement was signed by Dr. Ayman Ghoneim, assistant secretary-general of AFDE, and Yu Liang, head of commercialization at Robbyant.
The partnership establishes a structured mechanism to collectively advance embodied AI adoption throughout the Center East, with collaboration spanning “5 strategic pillars”.
- Regional deployment and commercialization: Supporting the rollout of Robbyant’s embodied AI applied sciences, fashions and robotic options within the UAE and different agreed Center East markets.
- Proof-of-concept and trade purposes: Exploring joint pilots in sectors together with hospitality, retail, actual property, logistics, industrial operations, sensible cities, healthcare, and leisure and steering.
- Arabic and Center East localization: Adapting embodied AI and robotic options for Arabic-language interplay, regional working environments, native workflows, cultural necessities, and buyer wants.
- Bodily AI information and mannequin collaboration: Exploring embodied AI information and coaching collaboration in real-world Center Japanese environments, topic to relevant legal guidelines, buyer authorization and separate definitive agreements.
- Ecosystem growth: Partaking with stakeholders throughout private and non-private sectors to speed up embodied AI adoption and construct a collaborative regional ecosystem.
AFDE chosen Robbyant primarily based on its full-stack technological capabilities native to embodied AI. In July 2026, Robbyant introduced the discharge of the LingBot 2.0 collection, a complete mannequin suite comprising LingBot-Depth 2.0, LingBot-Imaginative and prescient, LingBot-VLA 2.0, LingBot-World 2.0, LingBot-Video, and LingBot-VA 2.0.
This collection kinds an entire, embodied-native “common mind” that powers robotic notion, world simulation, and motion.
Notably, Robbyant’s LingBot-VLA 2.0 basis mannequin has achieved pre-training help for 20 distinct robotic embodiments throughout 17 {hardware} manufacturers, demonstrating a robust engineering deal with generalization and multi-embodiment compatibility.
The corporate can be getting ready to launch its proprietary cloud-based mannequin toolchain platform, designed to higher help mannequin growth, analysis, and deployment for embodied AI purposes.
Robbyant’s options are already being deployed in real-world business eventualities, together with pharmacies, logistics services, and industrial machine tending.
As an illustration, in collaboration with Guo Da Drugstore, the corporate has launched a “Sensible Pharmacy” robotics answer powered by the LingBot 2.0 fashions.
This deployment has considerably improved operational effectivity, significantly throughout peak hours and in a single day shifts.
Principal picture: Dr. Ayman Ghoneim and Yu Liang signal the MoU on behalf of AFDE and Robbyant
