{"version":1,"type":"story","url":"https://digestai.news/story/chinese-academy-of-sciences-maxwell-model-tops-meta-world-benchmark-wi","json":"https://digestai.news/story/chinese-academy-of-sciences-maxwell-model-tops-meta-world-benchmark-wi.json","markdown":"https://digestai.news/story/chinese-academy-of-sciences-maxwell-model-tops-meta-world-benchmark-wi.md","slug":"chinese-academy-of-sciences-maxwell-model-tops-meta-world-benchmark-wi","headline":"Chinese Academy of Sciences' Maxwell model tops Meta-World benchmark with 91.9","summary":"Maxwell, an embodied AI model from the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Artificial Intelligence for Industries, achieved a record 91.9 score on the Meta‑World benchmark, which tests robots on 50 everyday physical tasks such as grasping, opening doors, and using drawers. The model also completed more than 200 tasks without additional fine‑tuning and reached a 99.1% success rate in the LIBERO simulation environment.\n\nSecond‑place FabriVLA, developed by Shenzhen‑based Youibot, scored 90, while South Korea’s SUREFlow placed third with 88.3. Chinese models continue to close the gap with Western rivals: DeepCybo’s PhysBrain earned 72.5 on a suite of 28 benchmarks, just behind OpenAI’s GPT‑6 Astra at 73.3. Unitree Robotics released a 6‑billion‑parameter foundation model that can handle over 60 whole‑body and tabletop tasks, planning to reinvest nearly half of its IPO proceeds into robot‑intelligence research.","keyPoints":["Maxwell scored 91.9 on Meta‑World, the highest ever recorded on the 50‑task robot benchmark.","The model runs on 1 billion parameters with single‑card inference, handling over 200 tasks without fine‑tuning and 99.1% success in LIBERO.","Competing submissions placed FabriVLA second (90) and SUREFlow third (88.3), while Chinese models PhysBrain and Unitree’s 6 B model also showed strong results."],"whyItMatters":"The breakthrough shows Chinese embodied AI can outperform global rivals on complex physical tasks, accelerating deployment of low‑cost, edge‑ready robots for industry and everyday use, and signals a shift in the competitive landscape of robotics research.","category":{"slug":"robotics","name":"Robotics & Physical AI","url":"https://digestai.news/category/robotics"},"entities":{"companies":["Chinese Academy of Sciences","Youibot","Alibaba","DeepCybo","Unitree Robotics","OpenAI"],"models":["Maxwell","FabriVLA","SUREFlow","PhysBrain","GPT-6 Astra"],"people":[]},"firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-03T23:50:59Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-03T23:50:59Z","sourceCount":1,"hasPrimarySource":false,"sources":[{"outlet":"scmp.com","title":"A new Chinese embodied model tops global AI ranking on physical tasks scoring 91.9 on the Meta-World benchmark","url":"https://scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3369420/maxwell-smart-new-chinese-embodied-model-tops-global-ai-ranking-physical-tasks","publishedAt":"2026-10-03T23:50:59Z","type":"press","primary":false,"lead":true}],"sourceNotes":null,"discussions":[{"site":"Reddit","url":"https://www.reddit.com/r/singularity/comments/1wx1g5u/a_new_chinese_embodied_model_tops_global_ai/","points":null}],"thread":null,"cite":{"text":"Digest AI, \"Chinese Academy of Sciences' Maxwell model tops Meta-World benchmark with 91.9\", 3 October 2026, https://digestai.news/story/chinese-academy-of-sciences-maxwell-model-tops-meta-world-benchmark-wi","publisher":"Digest AI","title":"Chinese Academy of Sciences' Maxwell model tops Meta-World benchmark with 91.9","datePublished":"2026-10-03T23:50:59Z","url":"https://digestai.news/story/chinese-academy-of-sciences-maxwell-model-tops-meta-world-benchmark-wi"},"generatedBy":"Written by Digest AI's editorial model from the linked sources; the sources are the record.","license":"Headlines, digests and key points are written by Digest AI and may be quoted with a link to the story page. Linked articles belong to their publishers. Terms: https://digestai.news/terms#reuse"}