Deepak Pathak (left) and Abhinav Gupta (right), former Carnegie Mellon University professors, founded Skild AI in 2023 to build a "general purpose brain" for AISkild AI Robots, whether they are bipedal humanoids handling basic factory tasks or four-legged military “robot dogs” intended for urban combat, need brains. Historically, these have been highly specialized and purpose-built. But a Pittsburgh-based robotics startup claims it’s created a single off-the-shelf intelligence that can be plugge...