On October 29, during the prestigious 2026 Zhiyuan Innovation Day event, Peng Zhihui, the visionary co-founder, president, and CTO of Zhiyuan, made a significant announcement by introducing Worken (Effective Intelligent Work Hours). This pioneering unit is specifically crafted to quantify the tangible output generated by autonomous robotic operations, marking a milestone in the assessment of physical AI's practical value. Concurrently, the '2026 Embodied AI Industry Innovation Report' saw its official launch. This comprehensive report, a collaborative effort between the China Economic Information Service of Xinhua News Agency and the Shanghai Industrial Technology Innovation Center under the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, sets forth a robust analytical framework for the evolution of the embodied AI industry, alongside an evaluation model tailored for industry-leading enterprises. Zhiyuan, acknowledged as a frontrunner in the field, proudly features its Worken unit and associated deployment case studies within the report's pages.
