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    Robots that learn

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    95 points ulrischa | 28 comments | 26 Jun 25 20:22 UTC | HN request time: 2.208s | source | bottom
    1. HelloUsername ◴[26 Jun 25 20:49 UTC] No.44391201[source]▶
    Previous discussion 16-may-2017 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14350705
    2. echelon ◴[26 Jun 25 20:50 UTC] No.44391219[source]▶
    This needs a (2017).
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    3. tregoning ◴[26 Jun 25 20:56 UTC] No.44391271[source]▶
    The logo in the hoodie is what made me realized it was old
    4. cyrux004 ◴[26 Jun 25 21:07 UTC] No.44391377[source]▶
    Agree ; got excited too soon.

    was listening to Kyle Vogt about his new bot company and he described that folding laundry is sort of a frontier problem for robotics and we are still many ways out from there. There's solution from physical intelligence and probably other companies; but they are still fairly complex and not as easily reproducible https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXbrt_2Fvgk

    Still looking for the LLM moment in robotics

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    5. ◴[26 Jun 25 21:19 UTC] No.44391529[source]▶
    6. iandanforth ◴[26 Jun 25 21:31 UTC] No.44391659[source]▶
    Man I saw the Fetch with its busted up gripper plastics and shocked to think they hadn't mothballed it and that it still worked!
    7. thrhhifgjgg4677 ◴[26 Jun 25 21:36 UTC] No.44391712[source]▶
    I was going to say: ”this looks quite lame compared to stuff that's coming out these days” not then realized it's from 2017.

    A lot has changed in robotics since then...

    8. sneak ◴[26 Jun 25 21:37 UTC] No.44391719[source]▶
    Now that OpenAI’s CPO has been sworn into the actual US Army, how long until they are sending the current improved versions of these things through basic training?
    9. upghost ◴[26 Jun 25 21:52 UTC] No.44391852[source]▶
    For a second I got excited that openai was actually doing cool stuff again.
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    10. yalogin ◴[26 Jun 25 22:09 UTC] No.44391975[source]▶
    Well the whole video gives a 2000 era apocalypse scenario movie vibe. Is this just OpenAI trying to fit a square peg into a round hole? Do we really need general intelligence robots at this point? This is more poc than anything but still
    11. api ◴[26 Jun 25 22:24 UTC] No.44392081{3}[source]▶
    Con: a small chance it may take over the world and exterminate humanity.

    Pro: can fold my laundry.

    Sounds like a good deal to me.

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    12. nashashmi ◴[26 Jun 25 22:53 UTC] No.44392241[source]▶
    How much is Boston dynamics worth ? Seems like that would have been a better deal than ive’s io.
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    13. huem0n ◴[26 Jun 25 23:01 UTC] No.44392283[source]▶
    If your disappointed by this being from 2017, check out some actual recent advancements (June 17 2025) by a different company https://generalistai.com/blog.html
    replies(2): >>44392686 #>>44392782 #
    14. pprunty ◴[26 Jun 25 23:11 UTC] No.44392351[source]▶
    finally giving the white collar people a break i see...
    15. mikehollinger ◴[26 Jun 25 23:11 UTC] No.44392355[source]▶
    (needs a tag to be 2017)
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    16. torginus ◴[26 Jun 25 23:22 UTC] No.44392416[source]▶
    Yeah, here I was thinking there's something new coming out of OpenAI that's not another LLM/diffusion model.
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    17. stephc_int13 ◴[26 Jun 25 23:24 UTC] No.44392425[source]▶
    Why did they (OpenAI) stopped showing robotics related progress and demos, this one is seven years old...
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    18. somethoughts ◴[26 Jun 25 23:41 UTC] No.44392530{4}[source]▶
    haha - yes - sometimes when you look at all the Web 2.0 and beyond startups, all of the startups seems to be at least original founded to solve problems single people think need solving:

    * finding good looking people in college

    * sending dm's to other people

    * carpooling with strangers

    * crashing on strangers couches

    * getting takeout delivered

    * robots/drones that fight each other

    * the meta verse

    * the equivalent of digital beanie babies

    Meanwhile automation to help out with stuff like laundry, dishwashing, cooking home cooked meals, other household chores, helping the elderly, etc. remain untouched.

    replies(1): >>44392640 #
    19. alterom ◴[26 Jun 25 23:41 UTC] No.44392531[source]▶
    Robocop (1987)¹ might provide an insight :D

    _____

    ¹https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RoboCop

    20. ◴[26 Jun 25 23:44 UTC] No.44392554[source]▶
    21. echelon ◴[27 Jun 25 00:02 UTC] No.44392640{5}[source]▶
    > Meanwhile automation to help out with stuff like laundry, dishwashing, cooking home cooked meals, other household chores, helping the elderly, etc. remain untouched.

    The other things were easy.

    22. mingabunga ◴[27 Jun 25 00:10 UTC] No.44392686[source]▶
    That was amazing.
    23. wombatpm ◴[27 Jun 25 00:28 UTC] No.44392782[source]▶
    I think the robot sorting Lego bricks has an attitude.
    24. Ifkaluva ◴[27 Jun 25 00:42 UTC] No.44392860[source]▶
    They dissolved their robotics division
    25. lasc4r ◴[27 Jun 25 00:55 UTC] No.44392918{3}[source]▶
    They (AI Corp. Execs) seem to think LLMs will be central to AGI. They are the experts I guess, but I have my doubts.
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    26. jagged-chisel ◴[27 Jun 25 01:07 UTC] No.44392966{4}[source]▶
    My cynical side says "exec" and "expert" are mutually exclusive.
    27. sorcerer-mar ◴[27 Jun 25 01:27 UTC] No.44393043[source]▶
    But sama didn't have an existing stake in Boston Dynamics?