Chinese companies Tuya and Zeroth are collaborating on robot-driven smart living experiences to bring physical AI into the home.

The collaboration integrates Tuya’s AIoT capabilities with Zeroth’s embodied intelligence expertise, transforming home robots from standalone task executors into intelligent, context-aware household companions.

As robots gain the ability to perceive environments, collaborate proactively and continuously learn, they are poised to become true household members that work in concert with smart devices, expanding the possibilities of smart living.

However, home service robots have long operated as isolated tools, unable to communicate with the broader smart home ecosystem. This lack of integration has been a key bottleneck in the development of smart living experiences. The partnership between Tuya and Zeroth is designed to address this head-on, enabling robots to integrate fully into the connected home and serve as a mobile terminal and proactive household manager.

As a brand focusing on consumer-grade embodied intelligence, Zeroth is dedicated to the research, development and application of robotics and AI, with products spanning family companionship, multi-scenario interaction and complex environment exploration.

Powered by Tuya’s proprietary PAE physical AI engine architecture, Zeroth’s robots will be deeply integrated with AIoT devices throughout the home. Rather than operating in isolation, the robot will function as a household intelligence hub, orchestrating lighting, climate control, curtains, security and energy management systems to execute complex household tasks collaboratively.

For example, when a user wakes up in the morning, the robot can coordinate with connected smart devices to adjust lighting to a soft, warm tone, play gentle morning music, and provide a briefing on the day’s weather and schedule.

Zeroth’s robots are equipped with onboard vision, audio and other embodied sensors. Through integration with Tuya’s whole-home sensor matrix – including air quality, human presence and ambient light sensors – the partnership achieves real-time, high-fidelity sensor fusion. This effectively gives the smart home mobility and extended reach, enabling a leap from localised sensing to comprehensive whole-home awareness.

For robots to become truly adaptive companions, they require robust cognitive and memory capabilities. Zeroth’s embodied brain integrates Tuya’s OmniMem long-term memory engine, enabling the robot to adjust its behaviour proactively based on past interactions. For instance, it can remember a child’s favourite games or an elderly family member’s daily routine, delivering an experience that becomes more personalised over time.

The collaboration addresses the disconnect between cloud-based AI and physical hardware. By bridging this gap, the partnership enables robots to be deeply deployed across real-world household scenarios – including elderly care, children’s companionship and pet monitoring – delivering accessible, intuitive and empathetic smart services to families worldwide.

Going forward, the two companies plan to deepen the synergy between local edge computing and cloud-based AI, ensuring robots can orchestrate whole-home devices with sub-second response times even in offline or low-connectivity environments. Additionally, both parties will collaborate to build an open embodied intelligence ecosystem, empowering global developers to bring ideas to life and jointly shape a future of smart living that is perceptive, collaborative and human-centred.

Founded in 2024 and headquartered in Suzhou, China, Zeroth (www.zeroth0.com) leverages proprietary core components, motion control systems and embodied AI foundation models to build full-stack intelligent robot systems for real-world applications. Tuya (www.tuya.com) provides physical AI for smart devices, commercial applications and industry developers, fostering an open and neutral global ecosystem.