A Virtual Duck Trained With an OpenAI Model Shows Where Robotics Is Heading

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A WIRED writer used an OpenAI model to help teach a small robot called the Microduck how to waddle. The project also involved programming the device to act as a tiny cat butler, chasing the writer's cat. The article presents the experiment as a glimpse of how AI tools may make robotics more accessible to hobbyists. The source text provided is brief, so further details about the methods and results are not included in this summary.

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