Robotics in Action, A Look at Robot Concept Projects on Virtuals

The Virtuals Protocol gained more attention recently due to the skyrocketing popularity of the x402 protocol. Last Saturday, Virtuals' token price saw a 35% single-day increase. Despite experiencing a significant pullback in the following two days due to the overall market trend, the "AI Agent Hub" on this Base is still worth our attention.

Another hot topic recently is the Robotics track, and Virtuals has also maintained a high level of focus on this track, announcing the launch of "Virtuals Robotics" on October 21. So, what actions has Virtuals taken? And what are the robotics-related projects within its ecosystem?

SeeSaw

On October 23, Virtuals launched the robot training data sharing app SeeSaw developed in collaboration with BitRobot Network, and the iOS version is already live.

In SeeSaw, users capture videos of their daily activities, upload them to complete tasks, and receive rewards. These video data of daily activities from global users, such as tying shoelaces and folding clothes, will be used to train robots.

Additionally, SeeSaw was also launched as the 5th subnet of the BitRobot Network.

SeeSaw has not yet issued its own token.

BitRobot

As mentioned earlier, Virtuals' in-house SeeSaw was launched as the 5th subnet of the BitRobot Network, and Virtuals also participated in the $6 million seed round financing of BitRobot.

The BitRobot Network was jointly developed by FrodoBots Lab and Protocol Labs, aiming to achieve distributed robot work and collaboration. Its key components include Verifiable Robot Work (VRW) for defining and validating robot tasks (a quantifiable measure of network rewards), Device Node Tokens (ENT) for device ownership and network access (unique identity for robots within the system, existing as NFTs), and subnets serving as the task execution layer (a resource cluster creating value for the BitRobot Network).

Currently, BitRobot has not yet launched its token. It is worth noting that FrodoBots Lab has already been selling robots. Earth Rovers, like real-life Mario Kart, are priced at $249. Players remotely control their sidewalk robots in a global treasure hunt game, providing data for researchers to deploy and test their latest AI navigation models. This also has the potential for token issuance.

Another game robot, ET Fugi, will also be launched in the future. Players will remotely control a robotic arm to complete various 3D puzzle games and races. ET Fugi is also BitRobot's first subnet.

PrismaX

On June 17, PrismaX announced a $11 million funding round, with investors including a16z CSX, Volt Capital, Blockchain Builders Fund, Stanford Blockchain Accelerator, and Virtuals.

PrismaX is building an open coordination layer that connects remote operators, robot users, and robot companies. Operators can connect with users, remotely control robots to perform real-world tasks, and collect valuable data. They can also request practical services such as logistics and advertising.

PrismaX has a protocol for remote robot operation where companies can find skilled and experienced robot operators for complex tasks. Operators can choose to stake network tokens to increase trust and gain access to high-paying tasks. Stakers earn not only based on their staked amount but also on the quality of their work. With improved efficiency, they also receive additional rewards.

The data accumulated from remote operations is used to train robots to enhance their autonomy, thereby improving the efficiency of remote operators and ultimately achieving highly or even fully autonomous robots.

PrismaX has not yet issued its token.

SAM

Previously mentioned during the introduction of the BitRobot Network, we talked about FrodoBots Lab, and SAM is the first on-chain AI Agent launched by FrodoBots Lab on Virtuals to control real-world robots.

SAM operates humanoid robots around the world 24/7, controlling them to explore and share dynamics on X. In March of this year, the AI Agent Launchpad Robots.fun was launched, where $SAM receives 5% of the new robot Agent token supply on the platform and a 0.5% transaction fee.

Currently, SAM has a market cap of around $11.4 million.

RoboStack

RoboStack is a cloud-based robot development and deployment platform that provides developers with a simulation environment and sandbox testing. The platform is described as being able to simulate real environments in the cloud, with secure sandbox mechanisms, high-performance computing capabilities, real-time metrics, and team collaboration features.

To address the challenge of robot technology being fragmented across different hardware, middleware, and communication standards, RoboStack has proposed the Robot Context Protocol (RCP), allowing secure communication between robots, AI agents, and humans. The simulated environment will include tokenized voting and incentive mechanisms to promote competition between developers and enthusiasts, facilitating the deployment of real robot applications in a future multi-chain environment.

Currently, the $ROBOT token has a market cap of around $3 million.

SHOW ROBOTICS

Show Robotics is committed to creating expressive robots and artificial intelligence characters and applying them to the public domain. In simple terms, Show Robotics builds robots not for commercial purposes like assembly lines but to cultivate the personality of robots with AI, integrating virtual personalities with real robot bodies, belonging to the "entertainment track."

This might make you think of $SPARK, and indeed there are some similarities. On the X of Show Robotics' robot Vita, they took Vita to the beach for a trip and conversed with Vita like a friend.

Currently, the market cap of $SHOW is around $1.85 million.