Unitree’s Wang Xingxing: Aligning AI Models With Real Robots Is Key to Embodied Intelligence’s ChatGPT Moment

TREE NEWS update: Unitree Technology Chairman, General Manager and CTO Wang Xingxing said the core challenge for embodied intelligence to reach its ChatGPT moment is aligning AI model inputs and outputs with real robots, speaking at the 2026 World Physical AI Conference and Unitree Partner Ecosystem Conference in Hangzhou on October 22. He said top large-model companies have essentially achieved model self-evolution, with models writing programs and collecting data under human guidance, but it takes 5-10 years for a technical breakthrough to spread to everyone. Physical AI is already showing signs of being cracked, he added.