BEIJING, June 8, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Amap, Alibaba's location-based services platform, today announced the launch of ABot-Earth0.5, the world's first 3D native city-scale world model, offering a cost-effective and efficient alternative to traditional 3D city modelling.
Trained entirely on 3D data, ABot-Earth0.5 is ready for deployment in fields such as embodied AI and physical AI.
The ABot-Earth0.5 model supports multimodal inputs, including images and text. With a single satellite image or text prompt, it can generate a high-fidelity, kilometer-scale 3D urban scene in approximately 10 minutes on a consumer-grade GPU. This represents a 1,000x leap in production efficiency at roughly 1% of the cost of conventional approaches.
Traditional 3D city modelling has long relied on a "capture-then-reconstruct" workflow, which involves aerial data collection followed by 3D structures extraction from 2D imagery. This process is resource-intensive, dependent on specialized equipment and manual refinement, and typically takes a few hours to several days to model just one square kilometre.
ABot-Earth0.5 takes a fundamentally different approach. By training directly on 3D data, the model achieves an intrinsic understanding of three-dimensional space, enabling the end-to-end generation of ready-to-render scenes in 3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS) format. The outputs can be seamlessly integrated into mainstream engines, including Unity and Unreal Engine, for immediate production deployment.
On the engineering side, Amap developed a first-of-its-kind compression-generation framework that encodes high-quality real-world 3DGS scenes into a compact latent space. This is complemented by a sliding-window inference mechanism that supports continuous, wide-area scene generation, as well as a multi-level-of-detail (LOD) decoder designed to ensure smooth rendering across varying viewing distances.
This technological shift repositions 3D city modelling from a resource-intensive undertaking to a more accessible, scalable capability. Amap noted the technology is poised to drive growth across a range of downstream industries, including embodied AI, the low-altitude economy and 3D gaming creation, while also supporting emergency response by creating disaster scenes in 3D in an instant.
Amap has already deployed the model in embodied AI applications. A city-scale simulation training ground built on ABot-Earth0.5 has reduced the construction cycle for virtual environments from days to minutes, bridging a vital data gap for open-world AI training. The debut of Amap Tutu, a fully autonomous quadruped robot designed for open environments, is a prime real-world use case demonstrating this technology in action.
ABot-Earth0.5 is now open for beta testing. Developers and enterprise users can apply through the official channel at abot-earth.amap.com.
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Alibaba's Amap Unveils ABot-Earth0.5 3D Native World Model for City-Scale Modeling
NINGBO, China, June 8, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Robotics, semiconductor equipment, and intelligent automation systems are evolving at an accelerating pace, placing OEM manufacturers under growing engineering and supply chain pressure. Product development cycles continue to shorten while system complexity keeps rising. Expectations for validation efficiency, long term reliability, and cost control are becoming increasingly demanding across the industry.
The competitive landscape of motion control manufacturing is also undergoing a fundamental shift. OEM manufacturers are placing greater attention on whether motor suppliers can quickly understand application requirements, shorten validation cycles, and maintain stable collaboration throughout continuously evolving development processes.
With more than 30 years of experience in motion control manufacturing, Smooth Motor has continued expanding across robotics, semiconductor systems, laboratory automation, and precision equipment industries, driven by rapid engineering response capability built through decades of accumulation. The company has steadily evolved into a deeper engineering partner involved throughout customer development processes.
In recent years, global demand for high precision, compact, and customized motion solutions has continued growing across industries ranging from semiconductor equipment and laboratory automation to robotic actuation systems. More projects now require motion control systems capable not only of delivering precision and reliability, but also of supporting faster validation and adapting to constantly changing structural requirements.
Smooth Motor has remained focused on stepper motor and precision motion technologies for decades. Its portfolio covers hybrid stepper motors, linear stepper motors, can stack motors, voice coil motors, compact stepper motors, geared motors, smart integrated motors, coreless motors, as well as transmission components and customized motion modules. Supported by accumulated product development and machining expertise, the company is able to respond more efficiently to customer requirements involving structure, performance, and operating environments.
For a growing number of OEM manufacturers, rapid response is no longer simply about delivery speed.
It also reflects whether engineering, manufacturing, and supply chains can move together under the same rhythm while continuously adapting to rapidly changing market demands.
According to Smooth Motor, this capability is not built through short term expansion, but through long term accumulation in engineering experience, manufacturing investment, and supply chain coordination systems.
Today, approximately 30 percent of the company's technical and production staff have remained with Smooth Motor since its early years. The stability of the long standing core team has allowed process knowledge, machining expertise, and engineering collaboration capability to continue accumulating over time. In high precision automation industries, continuity in engineering experience often directly affects validation efficiency, manufacturing consistency, and long term operational reliability.
At the same time, Smooth Motor reinvests approximately 20 percent of its annual profits into research and development, manufacturing upgrades, and production optimization. The company has gradually established a flexible manufacturing system capable of supporting small batch production, multiple specifications, and customized development requirements. This helps customers shorten development and validation cycles while improving cost predictability and supply stability.
As robotics and intelligent manufacturing industries continue expanding rapidly, OEM expectations toward motor suppliers are also changing. Rather than maintaining conventional component purchasing relationships, more manufacturers are seeking motor suppliers capable of participating in collaborative development, adjusting solutions quickly, and supporting long term project coordination.
Backed by years of technical accumulation, Smooth Motor has gradually developed integrated motion control capabilities covering motors, drive control systems, and motion modules. The company continues participating in projects related to robotic actuation systems, semiconductor equipment, laboratory automation, and miniature drive technologies. At the same time, Smooth Motor continues strengthening cooperation with international customers and supply chain partners to improve product consistency and global delivery capability.
"Customers today are no longer simply looking for motor suppliers. They are looking for long term partners capable of participating in engineering collaboration and continuously supporting product evolution," said Leon C, CMO of Smooth Motor. "Rapid engineering response is ultimately the result of long term accumulation across motor manufacturing experience, engineering systems, and supply chain capability."
As global manufacturing continues advancing toward intelligent production, higher precision, and deeper system integration, motion control systems are becoming increasingly important across robotics, medical equipment, semiconductor manufacturing, and advanced automation industries. For motion control manufacturers, long term competitiveness is no longer defined only by products themselves, but by the ability to sustain rapid collaboration, stable manufacturing capability, and long term engineering support.
About Smooth Motor
Founded in 1994 and headquartered in Ningbo, China, Smooth Motor is a motor manufacturer specializing in precision motion control solutions, certified under ISO 9001, RoHS, and CE standards. With more than 30 years of experience in stepper motor and linear motion technologies, the company provides hybrid stepper motors, linear stepper motors, can stack motors, voice coil motors, compact stepper motors, geared motors, smart integrated motors, coreless motors, transmission components, and customized motion modules for industries including robotics, medical equipment, semiconductor manufacturing, laboratory automation, and industrial automation.
Website: www.smoothmotor.com
Email: info@smoothmotor.com
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Smooth Motor Advances Across Robotics and Intelligent Automation Industries Through 30 Years of Rapid Engineering Response
