The Robot’s “ChatGPT Moment”
How large language models gave robots common sense. The RT-2 and VLA breakthroughs at Google DeepMind.
Chapter 6 of A Brief History of Embodied Intelligence.
“I spilled my drink. Can you help?” — The instruction that changed everything
In the spring of 2023, in a kitchen at Google’s robotics lab in Mountain View, a robot faced a simple test.
The kitchen looked ordinary: counters, a sink, drawers, a small table cluttered with snacks. The robot was a mobile m…
