Skild AI Unveils Versatile Robotic 'Brain' to Tackle Diverse Tasks

Robotics startup Skild AI, backed by tech giants Amazon and SoftBank, has recently unveiled a revolutionary artificial intelligence model designed to enhance the versatility of robots across diverse environments. The model, called Skild Brain, enables robots to think, navigate and respond more like humans, a significant advancement in the field of robotics.

Skild AI's co-founders, Deepak Pathak and Abhinav Gupta, have addressed a unique challenge facing the robotics industry - data scarcity. Unlike language or vision, there is a lack of readily available data for robotics on the internet, making it difficult to apply generative AI techniques. Skild's approach tackles this problem by training its model on simulated episodes and human-action videos, then fine-tuning it using data from every robot running the system. This creates a "shared brain" that allows robots to quickly add new capabilities across different industries.

In demonstration videos, Skild-powered robots have showcased impressive adaptability, climbing stairs, maintaining balance after being shoved, and picking up objects in cluttered environments - tasks that require spatial reasoning and the ability to adapt to changing surroundings. The company has also implemented built-in power limits to ensure safe human interaction, a critical feature for the widespread adoption of these advanced robotic systems.