Question 1

What is RobotEra ERA-42?

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RobotEra's end-to-end Vision-Language-Action model, ERA-42 (introduced late 2024), described as the world's first truly embodied large model for five-fingered robot control. Integrates vision, language, and proprioceptive data in a unified on-device neural network for high-frequency, real-time motor control without cloud assistance; powers the RobotEra L7 humanoid. Developed under founder Chen Jianyu (Tsinghua University).

Question 2

Which robots run on RobotEra ERA-42?

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1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry runs on RobotEra ERA-42: RobotEra L7.

Question 3

Who developed RobotEra ERA-42?

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RobotEra ERA-42 is credited to Robot Era on the DEPLOY registry. Each developer attribution is verified via primary sources.

Question 4

Is RobotEra ERA-42 open source?

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No. RobotEra ERA-42 is recorded as proprietary on the DEPLOY registry. Model weights and source are not publicly available.

Question 5

What type of AI is RobotEra ERA-42?

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RobotEra ERA-42 is a foundation model on the DEPLOY registry.

Question 6

What is RobotEra ERA-42's maturity stage?

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RobotEra ERA-42 is at the pilot stage on the DEPLOY maturity ladder. Pilot stage means at least one named-customer trial deployment is verified.

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