solving real problems today
Where researchers, hardware operators, and compute providers come together to advance embodied AI.
builders & researchers from
bitrobot laboratory
robotics research
network online
mission statement
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
SN/02
Earth Rovers Grand Challenge
Autonomous urban navigation models benchmarked against humans
Robotic embodiment:
Sidewalk Robot
output type:
AI Models
SN/03
Robotic Origami Grand Challenge
AI models benchmarked against human experts from Nippon Origami Association
Robotic embodiment:
Robotic Hand
output type:
AI Models
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
Prizes available: $5 million
Active Challenges: 3
current phase: accepting entries
winners: tba
entrants: confidential
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BitRobot brings robots and people together — live at events, training in the real world, advancing embodied AI faster than any single team ever could.
BitRobot
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Latest public
network stories
Humanoid Hub
Founder Michael Cho's journey, a near-death plane crash that reshaped his outlook, his passion for robotics, and data collection via real-world games.
Conference on Robot Learning
Keynote address on crypto's role in accelerating embodied AI research.
Robotics & Automation News
BitRobot Foundation launches $5 million competition to ‘spark robotics breakthroughs’
11AM with Seed Club
Create the data assets so people can train the policies, then make it possible to use those data assets to create more capable robots.
Blockworks
Frodobots raises $6M for Solana-based robotics network
Coindesk
The data bottleneck in embodied AI, crypto's role in unlocking it, and where robotics fits in our lives
