In an announcement of its founding, Physical Intelligence stated that its goal is to create artificial intelligence (AI) that will enable “the robots of today and the physically actuated devices of the future.”
Karol Hausman, co-founder and CEO of the business, wrote on X on Tuesday, March 12, saying, “Together with a set of amazing folks we decided to start a company that tackles one of the hardest and most impactful problems — Physical Intelligence.”
On the website of the company, Physical Intelligence states that it is currently developing its foundation models and learning algorithms. Scientists, engineers, roboticists, and business developers make up its staff.
According to the release, OpenAI, Khosla Ventures, Lux Capital, Sequoia Capital, and Thrive Capital support the company.
Hausman told Bloomberg in a report published on Tuesday that Physical Intelligence aims to create a universal AI model that can power robots and other physical devices for any application.
The report states that the company’s goal is to create a universal AI model that can be applied to a wide range of tasks, as opposed to powering robots that carry out monotonous tasks in factories or warehouses.
According to the report, Physical Intelligence will buy various robots to train its software instead of developing the hardware.
According to the report, one of the difficulties it encounters, akin to other software developers for robots, is the laborious and expensive process of teaching robots to perform manual tasks. Getting the text needed to teach AI how to use language is easier than getting data from the real world.
On March 4, it was revealed that Amazon had a humanoid robot moving bins in one of its warehouses, which is another recent advancement in the robotics industry. Agility Robotics, the company that created the humanoid robot Digit, intends to construct 10,000 robots annually for use in storerooms and warehouses across the globe.
The AI and robotics startup 1X declared in January that it had raised $100 million in Series B funding. The company plans to utilize the additional funds to launch its second-generation android, named NEO, a bipedal humanoid created to carry out daily chores in customers’ homes.