Why giving AI a robot body could make its ‘brain’ more human-like


Nvidia’s founder and CEO Jensen Huang speaks during the annual Nvidia GPU Technology Conference

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Humanoid robots have just begun stepping into Amazon warehouses and Mercedes-Benz automotive factories. Now, they are being recruited for an even more ambitious effort – the creation of artificial general intelligence with capabilities comparable to those of humans.

US computing firm Nvidia, which has become one of the world’s most valuable companies through its AI chip sales, recently announced several hardware and software products to boost humanoid robot training. The centrepiece is a “moonshot” initiative, called Project…

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