A Personal Vision of the Future
As someone deeply interested in the intersection of AI, robotics and decentralized networks, I often find myself envisioning what the world could look like in the coming years if projects like @BitRobotNetwork succeed in unlocking embodied AI at scale. This isn't pure science fiction, it's a plausible extrapolation grounded in today's rapid advancements in crowdsourced data, crypto incentives and open collaboration.
Picture this:
In Shanghai's bustling Pudong district, a 50 year old factory worker named Li Nan is assisted by a sleek humanoid robot. Within 30 seconds, the robot precisely assembles intricate EV battery components, performs flawless soldering and conducts safety checks, all while brewing Li Nan a perfectly tempered cup of hot tea.
At the same moment, along the Rupsha River near the Sundarbans in Khulna, Bangladesh, a BitRobot powered amphibious delivery and assistance bot navigates seasonal flooding and salinity intrusion. The water resistant robot identifies safe paths through submerged areas, delivering fresh water supplies, emergency medical kits and shrimp feed to an elderly farmer, ensuring his farm remains operational.
Locals capture the moment on their phones and share it on X:
“BitRobot bot saving lives in Khulna's floods! A true Sundarbans lifesaver”
The video goes viral across Khulna Division and beyond with fishers and farmers alike celebrating the impact.
Elsewhere, 1,200 robots clear a California wildfire in just 47 minutes, while NASA deploys BitRobot-derived navigation models on Mars rovers.
Around the world, people echo the same sentiment:
“None of this would have been possible without BitRobot.”
“Embodied AI has finally arrived for real people, from Shanghai factories to Khulna's flood-prone rivers.”
“This is robotics Bitcoin moment.”
Investors might tweet: “We funded the right thing.”
The Transformative Potential of BitRobot
This vision feels within reach because BitRobot's potential is genuinely transformative. By decentralizing robotics research through a subnet-based network on Solana, it crowdsources data, compute and real-world tasks with crypto incentives, breaking free from centralized labs dominated by big tech.
Key possibilities include:
• Global Resilience : Robots tackling wildfires, floods and space exploration while addressing hyper-local challenges like Khulna's riverine and salinity issues.
• Open Innovation : No corporate monopolies. Anyone can contribute data, hardware or tasks and earn rewards, accelerating breakthroughs in embodied AI.
• Economic Opportunity : DePIN (Decentralized Physical Infrastructure) models create new jobs, open datasets, and ecosystems. Solana's high throughput enables real-time robot coordination at global scale.
The Journey So Far: From Weekend Project to Real-World Traction
Behind this potential lies an impressive journey from humble beginnings to measurable progress.
2022: A Weekend Project Sparks the Idea
Brothers Michael Cho and Sam Cho started with a simple question: “What if robotics data could be crowdsourced like a game?” They built affordable sidewalk robots for remote control play, essentially “Pokémon Go but with real robots.”
2023: First Proof of Concept
ET Fugi launched, enabling thousands of people across 40+ cities to operate robots collaboratively, proving the crowdsourcing model worked in practice.
2024 (May): Data Revolution
FrodoBots-2K dataset released: over 2,000 hours of real world driving data, the largest public dataset of its kind at the time. UC Berkeley used it to train state of the art navigation models.
February 2025: Game-Changing Funding Round
$8 million raised ($2M pre-seed + $6M seed). Led by Protocol VC (Protocol Labs), with participation from Solana Ventures, Anatoly Yakovenko, Raj Gokal, Virtuals Protocol, Zee Prime, Big Brain Holdings and others.
BitRobot Network officially launched, co developed by FrodoBots Lab and Protocol Labs on Solana's subnet architecture.
March 2025: Whitepaper & Viral Product Launch
Whitepaper published. Ultimate Fighting Bots (UFB) debuted as a real world robot cage fighting league, quickly going viral and demonstrating public interest.
September 2025: Grand Challenges Fund
$5 million prize fund announced by the BitRobot Foundation. Up to $1M per category for decisive breakthroughs in:
• Earth Rover Navigation
• Robotic Origami
• IKEA Furniture Assembly
Co-organized with Google DeepMind, Spirit AI, Nippon Origami Association, Tesollo, Daxo Robotics, Orca Hand, academia (NUS, NYU, GMU, Princeton), and FrodoBots Lab. Applications remain open (as of February 2026).
October 2025: SeeSaw Goes Live
SN/05 SeeSaw (with Virtuals Protocol) launched, over 1 million tasks completed in the first month with users recording real life clips to teach robots.
December 2025: International Spotlight
UFB's first global event at Solana Breakpoint in UAE, drawing thousands of spectators and showcasing live robot competitions.
2026 (Current Milestones & Achievements)
• Multiple live subnets operational
• TeleArms platform in private beta (teleoperation for advanced robot training)
• Largest open-source sidewalk robotics dataset released to date
• Adoption by leading labs: Google DeepMind, Meta AI, UC Berkeley, University of Washington and others using BitRobot data and network
• Active presence at Consensus HK and Solana Accelerate APAC (booths with plushie giveaways and live robot pilots).
Final Thoughts
BitRobot isn't just another project, it's pioneering an open revolution in embodied AI, making robotics research and deployment accessible to builders everywhere.
I believe this could be the breakthrough moment for decentralized physical intelligence.
What do you think? Share your thoughts in the comments!
