Robot Ubiquity Hinges on Cheap Hardware, Not Just End-to-End Tech
chris_j_paxton · x · 2026-07-22
Industry perspectives suggest that massive gains in robotics will stem primarily from robots becoming ubiquitous and cheap, rather than relying purely on clever underlying technologies like end-to-end policies.
Even if the current AI model capabilities hit a bottleneck, having widely available and affordable hardware ensures we will still have useful robots everywhere.
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