Fully autonomous robots are much closer than you think – Sergey Levine

<p><a target="_blank" href="https://x.com/svlevine">Sergey Levine</a>, one of the world’s top robotics researchers and co-founder of <a target="_blank" href="https://www.physicalintelligence.company/">Physical Intelligence</a>, thinks we’re on the cusp of a “self-improvement flywheel” for general-purpose robots. His median estimate for when robots will be able to run households entirely autonomously? 2030.</p><p>If Sergey’s right, the world 5 years from now will be an <em>insanely</em> different place than it is today. This conversation focuses on understanding how we get there: we dive into foundation models for robotics, and how we scale both the data and the hardware necessary to enable a full-blown robotics explosion.</p><p>Watch on <a target="_blank" href="https://youtu.be/48pxVdmkMIE">YouTube</a>; listen on <a target="_blank" href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fully-autonomous-robots-are-much-closer-than-you-think/id1516093381?i=1000726524050">Apple Podcasts</a> or <a ta...