Alibaba's Qwen Team Enters Embodied AI With Qwen-VLA Model

Alibaba’s Tongyi Qianwen team has launched Qwen-VLA, its first embodied AI model.

Qwen-VLA combines visual perception, language understanding, and action planning so robots and devices can follow instructions and perform physical tasks.

The move positions Alibaba as a new contender in China’s embodied AI race and could help shape a common software layer for hardware partners.