# Bad Influence story: MIT and NYU researchers introduce FLEX for robot motion planning

Active · 1 article · 1 source · First reported 11-09 00:00. Times are ET.
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Latest update (11-09 00:00): MIT and NYU researchers introduce FLEX, an AI platform for robot motion planning

Overview: MIT and New York University researchers introduce FLEX, a feature-editing pipeline that lets people give robots natural-language commands for motion planning, according to an MIT News report. FLEX uses GPT-4o to generalize from a user's instruction, such as avoiding fragile objects, without the user specifying each case. The three-step process, Add, Generalize and Mask, takes about five seconds, and the team tested it in simulations of a robot arm. The researchers plan to present the study at the annual Conference on Robot Learning.

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1. 11-09 00:00 · MIT News · AI (from the company) · [MIT and NYU researchers introduce FLEX, an AI platform for robot motion planning](https://badinfluence.news/items/c0pwoh131sig0svvnkk8hnxs9)
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