Covariant, a robotics startup, has unveiled its latest innovation, RFM-1, an 8 billion parameter Robotics Foundation Model designed to endow robots with human-like reasoning abilities. Inspired by the capabilities of ChatGPT, RFM-1 aims to revolutionize the way robots interact with the physical world. Leveraging a vast dataset accumulated over four years from Covariant's robots performing picking and placing tasks in warehouses, this model processes images, videos, sensor readings, and more, to predict actions for robots. Covariant's approach represents a significant shift towards creating more adaptable and efficient robots capable of learning and reasoning in a manner similar to humans. The company's efforts have been recognized and covered by major publications such as TechCrunch, WIRED, and The New York Times, highlighting RFM-1's potential impact on the future of robotics. Brian Heater and Lerrel Pinto have notably contributed to the discourse, with Peter Chen, CEO of Covariant, demonstrating the technology's capabilities.
โThe groups which are going to train good models are going to be the ones that have either access to already large amounts of robot data or capabilities to generate those data,โ -- Lerrel Pinto [couldn't agree more @LerrelPinto!] Great in-depth article on Covariant's RFM-1 inโฆ
"Peter Chen, CEO of the robot software company Covariant, sits in front of a chatbot interface resembling the one used to communicate with ChatGPT. "Show me the tote in front of you," he types. In reply ... " Really nice article on Covariant's RFM-1 by @willknight in @WIREDโฆ
"RFM-1 is the result of, among other things, a massive trove of data collected from the deployment of Covariantโs Brain AI platform." Very nice article by Brian Heater on @TechCrunch https://t.co/g2mM4uJpmS
Covariant just dropped a bombshell - their RFM-1 model is a universal AI platform that gives robots human-like reasoning abilities. This 8 billion parameter can expand by consuming more data. It takes in images, videos, sensor readings, and more to predict actions for robots.
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#MustRead: AI robotics company @CovariantAI has revealed its new foundation model, which it claims can give robots the โhuman-like abilityโ to reason. https://t.co/MZT3XMdZ2t
Covariant is building a ChatGPT-style chatbot that can control a robotic arm https://t.co/koRw6wxS9g
AI robotics company @CovariantAI has revealed its new foundation model, which it claims can give robots the โhuman-like abilityโ to reason. https://t.co/MZT3XMdZ2t
Covariant claims its AI model will let robots learn like humans https://t.co/MZT3XMdZ2t
Congrats to AIX Investment Partner @pabbeel and the entire @CovariantAI team on launching RFM-1, a new Foundation Model for Robotics! https://t.co/nMbQDr8j66
Covariant, an AI-powered robot maker, debuts RFM-1, an AI model the company says can process physics, may limit the need for bespoke robotics programming, more (@bheater / TechCrunch) https://t.co/arVvdSMK9e ๐ซ Subscribe: https://t.co/OyWeKSRpIM https://t.co/6n1KzGyS18
Robotics startup Covariant is working toward giving robots the kind of general and flexible capabilities exhibited by programs like ChatGPT, in hopes that AI could finally program robots to do more than a narrow set of chores. ๐ท Covariant https://t.co/DjlndjWLw1
Covariant develops video-generating AI model for powering warehouse robots https://t.co/qFR7AZYV82
Exciting result showing how robust, accessible and trustworthy robotics is becoming with AI foundation models. And I'm sure lots more to come.. congratulations @pabbeel @peterxichen ๐ https://t.co/pEKNaiGaym
At Covariant, we have been deploying robots to the real world and thinking hard about how to build truly AI for general purpose robots that can go beyond demos. For a long time, we are building up large robotics datasets through our deployments without the right model that canโฆ
Very excited to share what our research team at Covariant has been working on: RFM-1, our latest Robotics Foundation Model. Built on top of high-quality multimodal data the Covariant robotics fleet has collected over the years, this project embodies our commitment to pushing theโฆ https://t.co/RoVh55BVKR
Today @CovariantAI released RFM-1: a Robotics Foundation Model that provides robots the human-like ability to reason. This represents the first time Generative AI has successfully given commercial robots a deeper understanding of language and the physical world! https://t.co/b6BsOzj7WL
Covariant's robots have spent 4 years picking and placing items in warehouses. Now, the company is turning that immense amount of data into a new robotics foundational model. https://t.co/pRgVUa42JD
Covariant's RFM-1 as covered by @nytimes, @BusinessWire, @TechCrunch, @WIRED, @techreview https://t.co/DagfpWKEos https://t.co/2aG4aHepi2 https://t.co/g2mM4uJXcq https://t.co/bRTPN4Jkwh https://t.co/S2Hnpk17N3 ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ https://t.co/ys80sbxbKq https://t.co/d4osdqlidk
Yes, 2024 is shaping up a big year for robotics! Introducing @CovariantAI's RFM-1, which just like Sora can generate video, but RFM-1 does it for robotic interaction with the world. But there is so much more it can do. RFM-1 is a multimodal any-to-any sequence model. RFM-1โฆ https://t.co/9wUhy4YeRN
Covariant, a robotics start-up, is designing technology that lets robots learn skills much like chatbots do. https://t.co/b0MA3sA4XW
Covariant is building ChatGPT for robots #DisruptiveTech https://t.co/6cgEB52IvX
Today, we are introducing RFM-1, our Robotics Foundation Model giving robots human-like reasoning capabilities. https://t.co/pxuCOj9LNV
Covariant is building ChatGPT for robots: https://t.co/9CQwtGPktS by TechCrunch #infosec #cybersecurity #technology #news
Robotics startup Covariant is experimenting with a ChatGPT-style chatbot that can control a robotic arm, as a way to create machines that can be more helpful in the physical world. https://t.co/orpuyvRmKo
Covariant is building ChatGPT for robots https://t.co/zTBTBPGDvm