A startup founded by ex-DeepMind engineers wants to turn its customers into robot teachers
Reimagine Robotics, a startup founded by former DeepMind engineers, is developing robots that learn new skills through direct human interaction. The company aims to solve the 'data gap' in robotics by allowing customers to teach machines in real-world environments.
Why it matters
This approach could accelerate the deployment of functional, adaptable robots in commercial and industrial settings.
Jonathan Scholz, the cofounder of Reimagine Robotics, started Google DeepMind's applied robotics team. Reimagine Robotics How do you fix a 100,000-year data gap? This robotics startup is betting the answer lies with its customers. A team of former Google DeepMind engineers has founded Reimagine Robotics to build robots that can learn on the job. Reimagine's CEO told BI that working at Google made him realize customers need to be able to teach their robots new skills. A group of former Google DeepMind engineers has a potential solution to robotics' 100,000-year data gap: you. Jonathan Scholz, the CEO of Reimagine Robotics, told Business Insider that the startup plans to build robots that are actually useful by turning its customers into robot teachers. Scholz, who previously led DeepMind's applied robotics team, founded Reimagine last year with former Google colleagues Oleg Sushkov, Akhil Raju, and Misha Denil.
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