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Thursday, 25 June 2026

The Sequence AI of the Week #883: Qwen is Getting Into Robotics

Substack 3 months ago 38 ● 2 sources

Alibaba's Qwen team released three new robotics models—Qwen-RobotNav, Qwen-RobotManip, and Qwen-RobotWorld—designed to translate visual understanding into robotic actions. The models address the gap between perception and physical execution, with the main bottleneck identified as converting visual understanding into motor commands rather than general intelligence. This shift enables Qwen's language models to move beyond text and image tasks into controlling physical robotic systems.

The Roomba Guy's Second Act: A Robot You'll Want to Snuggle

The Wall Street Journal 3 months ago 8

Colin Angle, former iRobot CEO, founded Familiar Machines & Magic to sell a home robot that monitors loved ones and responds emotionally using on-device AI models. The Familiar is a furry creature that processes interactions locally without cloud data transmission. The product targets elderly care and family connection, shifting Angle's focus from autonomous vacuums to emotional AI companions.

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