The virtual worlds where robots are trained
Training systems that allow robots to negotiate the real world are getting more sophisticated.
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"It's a weird situation with robotics because actually the stuff that we find as humans to be incredibly difficult, like gymnastics, you can get robots to do reasonably well."
— Kier Storey , Executive
"Manipulation, - where I just grab a bottle, that's not too hard. The problem is when you start doing long-horizon tasks, where I say: 'I want you to take the bottle and I want you to fill it up and I want you to go pour.'"
— Spencer Huang , Executive
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