Robots that learn like humans: they’re here

Enrique Dans
Enrique Dans
Published in
3 min readMar 12, 2024

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IMAGE: A characteristic Fanuc-type 3D robotic arm imitating the movement of a person’s arm
IMAGE: OpenAI’s DALL·E, via ChatGPT

One of the topics that has captured my imagination in recent months is the way that generative algorithms will soon be widely used in the physical world through the development of robots that, like ourselves, learn by imitating.

The fruits of what has become known as “the OpenAI Mafia”, former employees of the company who have left to set up their own startups, have not been long in…

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Enrique Dans
Enrique Dans

Professor of Innovation at IE Business School and blogger (in English here and in Spanish at enriquedans.com)