Generalist CEO @peteflorence says robotics models are in a transition period similar to the step change between GPT-2 and GPT-3.
They're "starting to cross over into levels of performance where these things are commercially viable for a number of different applications."
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In my first week at @GeneralistAI, I trained a robot to pour liquids using GEN-1 🤖💧
I wanted to challenge the robot with a non-rigid manipulation task, so liquid felt like the perfect choice. The task involved:
- unscrewing the bottle cap
- pouring liquid into espresso glasses