The "how" is completely missing, but if they can get this to work semi reliably it will be ChatGPT x100 in terms of impact.
What stuck with me the most browsing their website on the G1 model was seeing "Price from $16k"
Now I'm not sure if these are actually purchasable or what the value would be, but it's my first time seeing an actual normal-ish price attached to a humanoid robot that seems to be for sale.
With the rate of advancement we're seeing across the board, it honestly feels like people will have robot assistants at home much sooner than I thought.
Have they actually demonstrated the more dramatic stuff at any in-person demos?
I can't imagine the progression of ai and in particular robots but I assumed that the first robot would cost min 6 figures if not 7 but would still be worth it due to 24*7 and initial invest vs long term.
But the fact how good Gemini robotics is already and how cheap the first models are I do believe what will hinder us more than tech is people learning about it, testing it out and doing it but not technology.
I believe the world will look relevant different in 10 years.
In demos these robots only need to do well once and it can take hours to record.
In real life, a failure rate of 80% is unnacceptable, but perfectly fine to edit out in the final cut media.
I hope they do well, this area is incredibly hard, but it will take a lot more than what people imagine.
I bought their robot dog as part of a project to build embodied AI models back in 2022.
Their SDK was far more open than anything else on the market and the stock firmware was on par with competitors, this includes products that were x10 the price.
The robot itself scared dogs in the park, but kids loved it. At $3k it's on par with a mid range drone and quite fun to hack on.
You can see more details in this video "Tearing Down the Unitree Go2: A Robotics Expert's Deep Dive":
They are far and away the leader in quality affordable robots that are able to be used in real life at a reasonable price point
You can hack on em and add a lot of capability
I’ve worked with a lot of robots and they are leaps ahead of everyone, and have a good supply chain that can actually deliver
All of their control policies are developed with RL too so they are improving all the time