Here is a good video on the subject by nvidia, very fun prez:

PS: It's sad that robotic does not seems to get a lot of traction on HN :(

dvh 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Feedback loops are too long with anything real worldly

	▲	jayMcBee 39 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Can always skip the real world for training and evolve the controller in simulation. Currently working on modernizing SIGEL (2000-era project at the University of Dortmund), which uses genetic programming to evolve walking programs for simulated robots in a physics engine. Some of the 'evolved' walkers so far can be found at youtube.com/@virtualspecies Differnent kind of beast entirely compared to what NVIDIA is doing, but then again it's fun to see what evolution comes up with - and it works on humble hardware too
	▲	serpicourge 3 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		The feed back loop is getting reduced by those new ways of training, simulation and video generation with realistic physics is kind of changing the game. - https://www.nvidia.com/fr-fr/ai/cosmos/ - https://dreamzero0.github.io/ - https://generalistai.com/blog/gen-1.5

shinnc 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

robotic is waiting for its chatgpt moment

You do not think that the chatgpt moment is happening right now ?

Is it? Genuinely asking.

	▲	serpicourge an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Like said by others, the sensor problem is a real one, and personally I don't see a robotic hand matching the dexterity of a human one, within a viable economic cost and sufficient robustness, before a long time (but I could be wrong ). But for the part that concern physical understanding of the world, adaptability, and basic manipulation, it feels like the field is going through a break through. The implication might be the apparition of generalist robots, that could perform (in the limit of their dexterity) on a wide range of tasks, commanded by natural language. Sure, not on pair with human dexterity yet, but as a thought exercise, think of all the things you could do with simple claws, or heavy glove. What if a robot was able to do the same ? Here is a set of links to feed your though: - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Y8aq_ofEVs - https://generalistai.com/blog/gen-1.5 - https://dreamzero0.github.io/