Robots that learn
26 comments
·June 26, 2025mikehollinger
(needs a tag to be 2017)
torginus
Yeah, here I was thinking there's something new coming out of OpenAI that's not another LLM/diffusion model.
lasc4r
They (AI Corp. Execs) seem to think LLMs will be central to AGI. They are the experts I guess, but I have my doubts.
jagged-chisel
My cynical side says "exec" and "expert" are mutually exclusive.
stephc_int13
Why did they (OpenAI) stopped showing robotics related progress and demos, this one is seven years old...
Ifkaluva
They dissolved their robotics division
huem0n
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
wombatpm
I think the robot sorting Lego bricks has an attitude.
mingabunga
That was amazing.
nashashmi
How much is Boston dynamics worth ? Seems like that would have been a better deal than ive’s io.
echelon
This needs a (2017).
cyrux004
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
api
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.
somethoughts
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.
tregoning
The logo in the hoodie is what made me realized it was old
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iandanforth
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!
thrhhifgjgg4677
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...
yalogin
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
pprunty
finally giving the white collar people a break i see...
sneak
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?
Previous discussion 16-may-2017 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14350705