A Survey: Learning Embodied Intelligence from Physical Simulators and World Models

Xiaoxiao Long, Qingrui Zhao, Kaiwen Zhang, Zihao Zhang, Dingrui Wang, Yumeng Liu, Zhengjie Shu, Yi Lu, Shouzheng Wang, Xinzhe Wei, Wei Li, Wei Yin, Yao Yao, Jia Pan, Qiu Shen, Ruigang Yang, Xun Cao, Qionghai Dai

arXiv preprint arXiv:2507.00917 · 2025

Abstract

A review of physical simulators and world models for embodied intelligence, covering their complementary uses in robot learning, planning, and transfer to real environments. The accompanying repository collects related literature and open-source projects.