With NVIDIA driving momentum, AI robots have become the new darling of market investment. ASUS Chairman Jonney Shih stated on September 9 that ASUS will not be absent in the AI robotics field. He also revealed that ASUS plans to leverage its “AI Brain” to drive the development of multi-modal robots, expanding applications across home use, elderly care, healthcare, education, and commercial services.

Shih shared that ASUS’s Zenbo series of smart home robots, designed for domestic scenarios, marked an important milestone in the company’s robotics technology roadmap. He admitted that Zenbo’s 2016 launch was ahead of its time, but it allowed ASUS to accumulate valuable AI fundamentals and design experience. Shih emphasized that he still envisions such home robots entering millions of households to become indispensable smart home assistants. Today, the advent of large language models addresses Zenbo’s previous intelligence limitations, enhancing the technology and advancing ASUS toward its “Physical AI” vision.

Shih explained that ASUS will leverage the five core capabilities of its “AI Brain”—perception, understanding, action, collaboration, and trustworthiness—to drive multi-modal robots. The company is also building cross-system Cyber-Physical Systems to develop diverse robot forms, including cross-platform virtual robots, humanoid robots, autonomous mobile robots, and human-shaped robots.

Shih further emphasized that ASUS is no longer just a manufacturer of individual AI products, but an integrator and implementer spanning computing power, platforms, and application scenarios. Beyond its existing AI servers, AI PCs, AI smartphones (Zenfone), and Zenbo robots, ASUS will continue developing new products. Leveraging resources from its subsidiary TaiZhiYun, ASUS is also developing localized large language models and launching AI Foundry compute-as-a-service offerings, providing end-to-end AI development and deployment capabilities.

Resource: 華碩AI Brain 驅動多型態機器人