Robotics researcher suggests a slur for peers 'scared of using real robots'
k7agar · x · 2026-09-09
Robotics researcher k7agar quipped that the field should invent a slur for robotics researchers 'scared of using robots' — a jab at the sim-only culture and reluctance to do real-world hardware validation in embodied AI research.
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