Danijar Hafner builds Embo so robots can rehearse before they act
The former DeepMind researcher is moving his Dreamer world models from Minecraft into humanoids, while keeping Embo's product and financing under wraps.
By RuntimeWire Staff · Published
Primary source: MIT Technology Review
Why it matters
Embo is testing whether world models can cut the real-world data and trial-and-error required to train robots, a constraint that has kept general-purpose robotics inside demos.
Danijar Hafner (@danijarh) has filled Embo's sparse San Francisco office with humanoid robots, turning a decade of research on AI agents that imagine future outcomes into a bet on machines that can function outside controlled demonstrations.…
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