Why Nvidia is teaching robots to twirl pens and how generative AI is helping

Nvidia's robot hand in simulation.

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The field of robotics, a classic application of artificial intelligence, has recently been amplified by the very new and fashionable technology of generative AI, programs such as large language models from OpenAI that can interact with natural language statements. 

For example, Google's DeepMind unit this year unveiled RT-2, a large language model that can be presented with an image and a command, and then spit out both a plan of action and the coordinates necessary to complete the command.

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