NextFin News — Embodied-intelligence startup Symbiosis Robotics has released a demonstration of a bipedal humanoid robot driving a go-kart, marking its first systematic public showcase of technical progress.
In the video, the robot enters the confined cockpit, places both hands on the steering wheel and both feet on the pedals, then navigates a closed track while continuously adjusting direction, maintaining balance and coordinating throttle and brake inputs. The company describes the exercise as a comprehensive stress test of whole-body intelligence rather than a commercial application, requiring simultaneous visual perception, multi-contact stability, hand-eye-foot coordination and precise force control within a single continuous task chain.
Founded by Zhejiang University and Westlake University doctoral graduate Ding Pengxiang, Symbiosis Robotics focuses on end-to-end direct perception-control models that map sensory input and body state directly to executable joint and hand targets. The firm said the kart demonstration is the first of several planned case studies covering mobile manipulation, high-precision visual alignment, contact force control and longer-horizon tasks.
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