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Podcast: ChinaTalk
Episode: The Robotics Revolution
Description: Ryan Julian is a research scientist in embodied AI. He worked on large-scale robotics foundation models at DeepMind and got his PhD in machine learning at USC in 2021. Follow him on X: @ryancjulian
In our conversation today, we discuss…
What makes a robot a robot, and what makes robotics so difficult,
The promise of robotic foundation models and strategies to overcome the data bottleneck,
Why full labor replacement is far less likely than human-robot synergy,
China’s top players in the robotic industry, and what sets them apart from American companies and research institutions,
How robots will...