[‘AI brain’ planted in robots… Accelerated humanoid development]

 Since the introduction of ChatGPT, AI technology has developed rapidly and is evolving into action-oriented AI by combining with robots. In this situation, the major big tech companies are resuming related research and increasing investments.

 OpenAI has recently revived its 'robot team' and plans to create AI models that act as the brains of robots, in collaboration with companies like ‘FIGURE AI’.

 Elon Musk, CEO of TESLA, announced the development plan for the 'Optimus' humanoid robot in 2021 and is currently accelerating the integration of AI with 'Optimus'. He stated that this robot will perform roles such as factory work and household helper tasks.

 Jensen Huang, CEO of NVIDIA, expects that humanoid robot technology will make significant progress in the next 2-3 years. Also, he mentioned these robots will become as common as cars. Earlier this month, He also mentioned at 'Computex 2024' in Taiwan that the next wave of AI will be AI that learns in the physical world.

Source of this excerpt : ‘AI brain’ planted in robots… Accelerated humanoid development ｜ Dong-A Ilbo ｜June 18, 2024