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<ul><li>Three robotics startups announced Monday they had completed funding rounds led by JD.com Inc., signaling the Chinese e-commerce giant is accelerating its push into the burgeoning, much-hyped field of embodied artificial intelligence (AI).</li><li>Embodied AI — which refers to intelligent systems with physical forms that interact with the real world, such as robots and self-driving cars — has recently become a battleground for tech firms. As JD.com is a relative latecomer, it’s making an aggressive effort to catch up with rivals like Meituan and Lenovo Group Ltd.</li><li>While supporters of the tech say it’s set to reshape industries from logistics to consumer households, others warn that the technology is a long way off mass adoption and that many firms in the space lack a viable commercial model.</li></ul>

Three robotics startups announced Monday they had completed funding rounds led by JD.com Inc., signaling the Chinese e-commerce giant is accelerating its push into the burgeoning, much-hyped field of embodied artificial intelligence (AI).Embodied AI — which refers to intelligent systems with physical forms that interact with the real world, such as robots and self-driving cars — has recently become a battleground for tech firms. As JD.com is a relative latecomer, it’s making an aggressive effort to catch up with rivals like Meituan and Lenovo Group Ltd.While supporters of the tech say it’s set to reshape industries from logistics to consumer households, others warn that the technology is a long way off mass adoption and that many firms in the space lack a viable commercial model.

JD.com Splashes Cash on Robotics AI Startups 