#178 CosmicBrain AI: How to Train Your Robot
Anto from CosmicBrain AI presents a compelling case for democratizing robot training through VR demonstration rather than waiting for the humanoid robot revolution. His vision centers on vision-language-action models that can learn from single video demonstrations, potentially turning existing factory data into a massive competitive moat while targeting the 60-70% of factories already equipped with traditional industrial robots.
Key takeaways
- •Single video demonstrations can now train robots for new tasks, eliminating the need for extensive programming or data collection cycles.
- •Targeting existing factory robots offers a faster path to market than waiting for humanoid adoption, addressing 60-70% of manufacturing facilities immediately.
- •Vision-language-action models enable robots to learn from YouTube videos and human demonstrations, representing a breakthrough in accessible AI training.
- •Industrial training data becomes a defensive moat since competitors lack access to the specific operational footage being collected from client factories.
- •VR-based robot training democratizes automation by allowing non-technical workers to teach complex skills through simple demonstration rather than coding.
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“I just see that robotic toys with AI are coming, and I think everyone's gonna have one in their house.”
a full average contract value might look like? Yeah. So right now, it's a massive data collection process for us. We are collecting data that's untapped that no other industry in this world have not even figured. Right? So we are going on prem where actual work is happening and collecting that data and training models based on that. And that is the work we are doing with our POCs right now. And eventually, in the next couple of months, they will probably turn into full time paying clients.
Will you have product in a couple months? Yeah. We already have a function prototype. Yes.
I know this is gonna be out there question, but what about toys? Uh-huh.
That's an interesting question maybe in the future. What do you want the toy to do? I just see that robotic toys with AI are coming, and I think everyone's gonna have one in their house. So there is a mini robot that we actually so, like, one of the company,
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