Robots are waiting for a ChatGPT moment: Nvidia’s Les Karpas explains why at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
THE SO WHAT
If robotics is “waiting for a ChatGPT moment,” the constraint is less hardware and more a generalizable reasoning stack that makes robots programmable by non-experts. Industrial operators should treat this as a timing question—map where you’d plug in general-purpose robots once the software catches up, even if you’re not buying yet.
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