Robot learning's next step: train in a million simulated worlds before entering ours
EpisodeYang · x · 2026-11-11
A robotics PhD publishes a long-form essay, Robots Learning in a Million Worlds, arguing that the field's next leap depends on scaling robot learning through simulation — training agents across millions of virtual environments before transferring them to reality.
Drawing on his own trajectory from quantum computing to AI, the author likens this year's packed CoRL conference to the field's pre-explosion moment, framing simulation-at-scale as the key research lever for getting robots into the real world.
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