Precious data for a baby AI. (OpenAI)
Virtual reality companies like Oculus and HTC mainly market their devices for entertainment: Play in a virtual world, or be immersed in 360 video. But researchers at OpenAI, the non-profit AI firm backed by Elon Musk, have found another use for the technology: instructing robots how to move.
By recording an action in virtual reality just once, an system of two AI algorithms were able to decode and replicate the action with a physical machine, according to a post on OpenAI’s blog today. The action demonstrated was simple—stacking blocks—but this kind of learning through imitation could be more widely applicable to robots that carry boxes or flip burgers.
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Source: QZ