Next Unicorns: Empowering robots to think for themselves via AI with Covariant’s Peter Chen | E1796

Episode • Aug 23, 2023 • 49m

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Today’s show:

Covariant CEO Peter Chen joins Jason to discuss the future of AI in robotics (1:33), the key concepts of reinforcement learning (13:50), and much more!

Time stamps:

(0:00) Covariant CEO Peter Chen joins Jason

(1:33) AI’s role in robotics and its value in e-commerce warehouses

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(8:59) Reinforcement learning today and the AlphaGo moment

(13:50) The 2 key concepts of reinforcement learning

(17:35) Approaches to accessing data for AI in robotics

(20:35) Robotics hardware

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(23:57) Covariant's hardware and software in use

(27:32) The importance of adaptability

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