solving real problems today

The world’s
open robotics lab

The world’s
open robotics lab

Where researchers, hardware operators, and compute providers come together to advance embodied AI.

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bitrobot laboratory

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mission statement

Crowdsourcing
the future of robotics.

Crowdsourcing
the future of robotics.

Crowdsourcing
the future of robotics.

BitRobot coordinates global resources and contributors to accelerate robotics R&D — unlocking the scale, diversity, and real-world experience needed for embodied AI breakthroughs.

open robotics

for human betterment

est. 2025

growing daily

Powering the embodied AI
models that will define robotics.

Each subnet runs focused missions with real robots in real environments. All data and models feed the broader BitRobot network.

Active missions: 7

subnet performance

  • et fugi

    Largest sidewalk dataset on huggingface

  • telearms

    1.4k+ teleop-in-sim hours collected

  • seesaw

    4.5m+ Million tasks completed

  • telearms

    50k+ teleoperation missions completed

program: grand challenges

$5 million pledged to meet robotics’
toughest challenges

The BitRobot Foundation is funding bold, measurable challenges to move embodied AI out of closed labs and into the real world.

The BitRobot Foundation is funding bold, measurable challenges to move embodied AI out of closed labs and into the real world.

Prizes available: $5 million

Active Challenges: 3

current phase: accepting entries

winners: tba

entrants: confidential

Powered by the collective.
Built for the future.

BitRobot brings robots and people together — live at events, training in the real world, advancing embodied AI faster than any single team ever could.

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