GOOGLE'S NEW ROBOTICS AI CAN RUN WITHOUT THE CLOUD AND STILL TIE YOUR SHOES

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Google DeepMind has revealed a new on-device vision language action (VLA) model that can control robots. It doesn't have a cloud component, so robots using the model can operate with full autonomy. This is the first version of Google's robotics model that developers can tune for their specific uses. Robotics researchers can adapt the VLA to new tasks with as little as 50 to 100 demonstrations.