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Ranjay Krishna on Why Robots Still Fail in the Real World and the Data Problem Holding Them Back
Robotics is advancing quickly, but real-world deployment is still far more difficult than most people expect.
In this episode of Automated, Brian Heater speaks with Ranjay Krishna, a professor at the University of Washington and former researcher at Ai2, about the fundamental challenges preventing robots from working reliably outside controlled environments, and why solving the data problem is key to unlocking the next wave of robotics.
Much of the work discussed in this episode was developed during his time at Ai2.
Ranjay explains why today’s robots struggle with tasks that humans find…
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