Credit: UIUC HCA LAB Despite decades of progress, most robots are still programmed for specific, repetitive tasks. They struggle with the unexpected and can't adapt to new situations without painstaking reprogramming. But what if they could learn to use tools as naturally as a child does by watching videos? I still remember the first time I saw one of our lab's robots flip an egg in a frying pan. It wasn't pre-programmed. No one was controlling it with a joystick. The robot had simply watched a ...