Software Tools To Make Robots

Y Combinator · Intermediate ·🧠 Large Language Models ·1y ago

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The video discusses the potential of robotics to have its ChatGPT moment with the help of foundation models, enabling human-level perception and judgment in robots, and highlights the need for software tools to make robots, with a focus on B2B applications such as industrial and farm use cases. Y Combinator is interested in funding people building software tools to help others make robots.

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Robotics hasn't had its Jad GPT moment yet, but we think it is almost here. Everyone has known that robots are the future, but that proved elusive because previous generations of robots were expensive, brittle, and only worked in control conditions. With the rapid improvements in foundation models, it is finally possible to make robots that have human level perception and judgment. That has been the missing piece. While consumer use case feature heavily in science fiction, some of the overlooked and most immediately addressable applications for robots are B2B. Specifically, we think promising areas are industrial use cases like Gecko Robotics, which builds inspection robots, and farm use cases like bare flag robotics, which builds autonomous tractors and was acquired by John Deere. We're interested in funding people building software tool to help others make robot. If you're bullish that robots are about to have their Chad GPT moment, we'd love to hear from

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Robotics hasn't had its ChatGPT moment yet, but we think it’s almost here. With the rapid improvements in foundation models, it's finally possible to make robots that have human-level perception and judgment. That’s been the missing piece. We're interested in funding people building software tools to help others make robots. If you’re bullish that robots are about to have their ChatGPT moment, we’d love to hear from you. Apply to YC Summer 2025 at https://ycombinator.com/apply.
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The video discusses the potential of robotics to have its ChatGPT moment and the need for software tools to make robots, with a focus on B2B applications. Y Combinator is interested in funding people building software tools to help others make robots. The video highlights the importance of foundation models in enabling human-level perception and judgment in robots.

Key Takeaways
  1. Identify potential B2B applications for robots
  2. Develop software tools to help others make robots
  3. Utilize foundation models to enable human-level perception and judgment in robots
  4. Design and develop robots using foundation models
  5. Create software tools for robot development
💡 The rapid improvements in foundation models have made it possible to make robots that have human-level perception and judgment, which is the missing piece in robotics.

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