Zurich Robotics Round Table: 250+ debate scaling robot fleets and frontier models without robotics data
oier_mees · x · 2026-10-23
ETH lecturer oiermees recaps the quarterly Zurich Robotics Round Table fireside chat with 250+ attendees, covering scaling robot deployments, what data matters, generalist models vs. vertically integrated companies, and how far frontier models trained without robotics data can go. Asked what students should learn when SLAM can be vibe-coded, he argues strong fundamentals and domain expertise matter more than ever — someone still needs to verify what AI produces, especially when it's driving your car.
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