Skild AI's Andrew Carr: Major Locomotion Breakthroughs Unlikely Within 3 Years
andrew_n_carr · x · 2026-10-15
Discussing battery-swap schemes (subbing in fresh robots to swap batteries), Skild AI's Andrew Carr says he's seen nothing in locomotion research suggesting we're getting much better there — a major breakthrough within 3 years would surprise him a lot.
A practitioner's direct assessment of how fast robot locomotion is actually improving, useful for calibrating expectations on humanoid deployment timelines.
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