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GENE-26.5
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GENE-26.5

Robotics-focused foundation model from Genesis AI, designed for long-horizon physical tasks at human-level dexterity.
🔬 Research⏳ Limited accessRobotics foundation model
Release date
6 May 2026
🏢Genesis AIProducer

Overview

GENE-26.5 is a robotics foundation model developed by Genesis AI, a San Carlos, California-based startup ($105M in funding), unveiled on May 6, 2026 alongside a proprietary human-scale robotic hand as part of a full-stack robotics system. The model is designed to absorb large datasets and generalize learned skills to previously unseen long-horizon manipulation tasks.

The stack also includes a tactile-sensing data glove enabling 1:1:1 mapping between the human hand, glove, and robotic hand, and a next-generation simulation engine aimed at reducing the sim-to-real gap. All quantitative claims (e.g., 100x cheaper data acquisition, 5x efficiency) come from Genesis AI's internal testing and have not been independently verified.

Classification
Robotics foundation model
Access & deployment
Weights: Closed
Key parameters
📥 Input: robot sensors, robot state data, image, video

Technical specification

Modalities
⬇ Input
robot_sensorsrobot_state_dataimagevideo
⬆ Output
robot_actionsmotion_trajectoriesmanipulator_control

Technical architecture

Core Architecture
VLVLA

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