Spirit AI overtakes Nvidia on RoboArena benchmark as physical AI competition intensifies
Chinese robotics startup Spirit AI has claimed the top spot on the RoboArena leaderboard with its Spirit v1.6 model scoring 1,924, edging out Nvidia's Cosmos3-Nano-Policy at 1,881. The achievement marks the first time a Chinese model has led this benchmark, co-developed by Nvidia with Stanford and UC Berkeley, and signals intensifying competition in physical AI as Chinese firms dominate multiple robotics benchmarks.