Robots plus generative AI: Everything you need to know when they work as one

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We keep dreaming -- albeit they're most often nightmares -- of intelligent robots such as Terminators. However, while robots are now essential for factories and making inroads in the home, no one could mistake them for being intelligent. Roomba cat rides and smart vacuums are fun and useful. Intelligent? Not so much.

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This isgoing to happen, by the way. As Vaclav Vincalek, virtual CTO and founder of 555vCTO.com, observed, "The real question is: 'Howwill generative AI integrate with robotics?' I just can't foresee how going forward, anyone building a smart robot wouldn't integrate generative AI in some way or another." 

Companies such as Boston Dynamics and Sanctuary AI, Vincalek said, "have already made it their mission to build robots that are more than simply cameras on wheels." These companies, he added:

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