A mysterious Chinese artificial intelligence team has released a series of uncut, one-take videos showing humanoid robots performing household tasks with fluid, human-like coordination, reigniting online speculation that embodied intelligence might be nearing a “ChatGPT moment.”
The clips, which went viral last week, depict robots adapting to external physical disturbances while carrying a water glass, tidying a living room in a single long-horizon sequence, collaborating to smooth a bedsheet, and carrying multiple items at once – all without visible teleoperation, according to the developers.
The underlying model, internally codenamed MVP – short for “Make Veritable People” – is designed to endow machines with physical reasoning and autonomous decision-making rather than probabilistic imitation, the team said in response to inquiries. In one demonstration, a robot holding a cup of water swiftly dodges a prodding stick and later stabilizes a falling can, showcasing dynamic balance and force control. Another clip shows the robot zero-shot organising clutter, hanging objects on a rack and tossing a cushion onto a sofa, interpreting spatial and object properties much like a human. Two robots of different configurations then work together to flatten a crumpled sheet, while a fourth video depicts a robot draping items over its body to minimise trips – a behaviour the team says reflects energy-efficient planning.
The team claims MVP achieves 80% zero-shot success rates and generalises well across unfamiliar scenarios, unlike mainstream vision-language-action or whole-body control models that often fail under occlusion or deformation. “We let the model speak for itself,” a representative said, explaining why they initially did not claim ownership. They added that they plan to deploy the robot on public streets for open-environment testing soon. While some experts caution that demo clips do not yet prove true artificial general intelligence, the videos have already stirred intense interest among robotics peers, with at least one leading firm reportedly holding internal meetings to discuss the technology.
