THE ‘CHATGPT MOMENT' IN ROBOTICS AND BEYOND

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Three years ago, getting a robot to reliably pick up objects required an army of engineers. Today, a college student can download an open-source vision-language-action model, fine-tune it on a weekend, and achieve results that would have taken industry teams months to accomplish. This article looks at what a 'ChatGPT moment' for robotics would look like, the current state of the industry, upcoming technologies, and likely winners. Being surrounded by robots in everyday settings will feel surreal at first, but we will soon rely on them just like we do with AI assistants for the most basic needs of our lives.