Episode #92
Fully autonomous robots are much closer than you think – Sergey Levine
Plus, how VLA models work, self-improvement from deployment, and China’s hardware advantage
What this episode covers
Plus, how VLA models work, self-improvement from deployment, and China’s hardware advantage
Where to start
If hardware’s the bottleneck, does China win by default?
If hardware’s the bottleneck, does China win by default?
Start at 1:18:01
Why robotics will scale faster than self-driving cars
Why robotics will scale faster than self-driving cars
Start at 17:25
Changes needed for brainlike efficiency in robots
Changes needed for brainlike efficiency in robots
Start at 45:37
People and topics
Key takeaways
- Timeline to widely deployed autonomous robots
- Why robotics will scale faster than self-driving cars
- How vision-language-action models work
- Changes needed for brainlike efficiency in robots
- Learning from simulation