I’m a longtime ChatGPT user, and I can’t imagine using the internet without access to some sort of AI to help me out. AI acting as an assistant is what I need from ChatGPT and other programs, and I can’t wait for AI agents to get better and easier to use.
But I’ve also started considering the more distant future, one where I would need the AI to have an actual body. As I grow older, I will want a humanoid robot around the house to help me with all sorts of tasks, including ones that might be too difficult for me. I’ll also want an AI home robot to free more of my time, as the robot gets to handle some of my chores.
It’s not just wishful thinking, as various companies are studying such technologies. Figure is one of them, and the company just unveiled a brand new AI model for humanoid robots that will let them do exactly what I want. Helix is the name of the Vision-Language-Action (VLA) AI model, and it already seems to be a breakthrough for home robotics.
Helix combines two AI models, each running on a GPU inside the robot, to understand commands and perform actions. One AI (S2) handles natural language and visual inputs to understand commands, like having to pick up an object from the table. The other AI in this combo (S1) converts the information from S2 into precise, real-time control of the robot’s body and limbs to actually perform the task.
What’s amazing about Helix is that it took about 500 hours of training, and the resulting model lets robots handle objects they’ve never seen and determine whether care is needed.
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