Robots walking down the street, surrounded by astounded onlookers, are an increasingly common sight. But these machines aren’t yet the do-it-all assistants you’d want working in a kitchen or factory, and a major bottleneck is data. Much like humans, robots learn best by experience. The challenge is that it’s labor-intensive and time-consuming to physically teach these machines so many actions across different settings.
AI agents create virtual playgrounds to help robots get crucial training data
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