From Web Video to Real-World Robots

About this episode

Ben Lorica speaks with Changan Chen about building foundation models for real-world robots.

Ben Lorica speaks with Changan Chen, co-founder and Chief Research Officer at Rhoda AI, about what it takes to build foundation models for robots that can operate in the real world. Subscribe to the Gradient Flow Newsletter 📩 https://gradientflow.substack.com/ Subscribe: Apple · Spotify · Overcast · Pocket Casts · AntennaPod · Podcast Addict · Amazon · RSS. Detailed show notes - with links to many references - can be found on The Data Exchange web site.

People in this episode

Host: Ben Lorica

Guest: Changan Chen

Topics covered

• foundation models
• robots
• real-world applications
• AI technology
• interview

Keywords

• foundation models
• robots
• AI
• Changan Chen
• Ben Lorica
• Rhoda AI
• technology

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Rhoda AI

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