Is robotics about to have its own ChatGPT moment?

Robotics may be reaching an inflection point, with AI helping robots learn new skills and adapt to new settings faster than before. The article describes Henry and Jane Evans testing Stretch, a smaller robot developed by Charlie Kemp's startup Hello Robot, which cost around $18,000 and let Henry brush his hair, eat, and play with his granddaughter. Ken Goldberg, a robotics professor at UC Berkeley, says robots are getting more competent and helpful faster than ever, and Deepak Pathak's Carnegie Mellon team used reinforcement learning to train four-legged robot dogs to navigate tricky terrain.