LLMs Aren't Meant for Direct Robot Control
PTrubey · x · 2026-07-14
This post recaps a robotics research perspective from Anthropic: LLMs are not the right core for controlling robots due to slow response times and a lack of understanding of embodied physics.
The author's core takeaways are:
- Robot control requires specially trained, narrow task models at different hierarchical levels
- LLMs are better suited for high-level task planning and human interaction rather than generating low-level motor control
- This division of labor mirrors the Tesla FSD approach: train complex control models first, then gradually introduce LLMs for high-level command scheduling
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