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Generalist Is Betting Its Robot-Training Gloves Will Usher In Robotics’ ChatGPT Moment

Forbes Daily Briefing

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Tech News, News, Business

4.418 Ratings

🗓️ 25 May 2026

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

The robot, a pair of disembodied arms with crablike pincers at the end, wasn’t supposed to pick up the bag. It had been told to do a single tedious job: open plastic bags on a conveyor belt and stuff toy potted plant plushies inside them. Then one plushie snagged halfway in. The robot paused — briefly, as if assessing its work — then did something it had not been programmed to do. It raised its other arm, grabbed the other side of the bag, gave it a quick shake so the toy slid all the way down, and then placed it back on the belt. For a human worker that’s muscle memory. For the engineers at Generalist, a Silicon Valley startup developing robot “brains”, it was a tell: the robot wasn’t just replaying a scripted task. It was improvising. By Anna Tong, Forbes Staff Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Today on Forbes, Generalist is betting its robot training gloves will usher in robotics

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chat GPT moment. The robot was a pair of disembodied arms with crab-like pincers and wasn't

1:04.6

supposed to pick up the bag. It had been told to do a single, tedious job, open plastic bags on a conveyor belt and

1:12.5

stuffed toy-potted plant plushies inside them.

1:15.9

Then one plushy snagged halfway in.

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The robot paused briefly as if assessing its work and did something it had not been programmed

1:24.7

to do.

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