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Westlake University Establishes World Model Research Center
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On October 31, Westlake University established the Westlake World Model Research Center at its Yungu Campus, with Yu Kaicheng as director and Jin Yaochu as chief scientist. It is positioned as a university-level interdisciplinary research platform oriented toward physical intelligence, focusing on world models and physical intelligence and exploring intelligent systems that combine perception, cognition, prediction, and action. The center relies on the Autonomous Intelligence Laboratory AutoLab, which was established three years ago. AutoLab shifted toward a "conceptual world model" approach at the end of 2024, building physical concept representations in latent space. Its incubated company Westlake Shuzhi Awomo was founded in early 2026 and has cumulatively raised more than 100 million yuan in seed and angel rounds; according to QbitAI, Awomo ranks first in four international robot evaluation suites.
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- Westlake University Establishes World Model Research Center, Yu Kaicheng Appointed Director
Westlake University established the Westlake World Model Research Center on October 31 at its Yungu campus, with Professor Yu Kaicheng as director and Academician Jin Yaochu as chief scientist. The center focuses on world models and physical intelligence, exploring intelligent systems that integrate perception, cognition, prediction, and action. Previously, Westlake University's autonomous intelligence lab AutoLab had conducted three years of world model research, proposed the conceptual world model, and incubated Westlake Shuzhi Awomo.
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- Westlake University Establishes World Model Research Center; Incubated Company Awomo Has Raised Over 100 Million Yuan
On October 31, the Westlake World Model Research Center was established at Westlake University's Yungu Campus, with Yu Kaicheng as director and Jin Yaochu as chief scientist. The center builds on the Autonomous Intelligence Laboratory AutoLab, founded three years ago, and focuses on world models and physical intelligence; AutoLab shifted toward a "conceptual world model" approach at the end of 2024, building physical concept representations in latent space. Its incubated company Westlake Shuzhi Awomo was founded in early 2026 and has cumulatively raised over 100 million yuan in seed and angel rounds. Awomo ranked first in four international robotics benchmark suites.
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