This afternoon brought together four of the most influential voices in modern artificial intelligence — Vladlen Koltun, Jitendra Malik, Yann LeCun, and Shuran Song — for a series of distinguished lectures at the forefront of embodied AI. Spanning vision, world models, and robotics, the talks explored how machines can move beyond passive perception to actively understand and interact with the physical world. Together, these perspectives offered a unique vantage point on the emerging foundations of AI systems that perceive, reason, and act.

Date
29 May 2026
Location
ETH Zurich

Distinguished Lectures

Recordings of each talk are available on the ETH video portal.

On Spatial Cognition in Frontier Models Vladlen Koltun Watch Learning Dexterous Manipulation Jitendra Malik Watch World Models: Enabling the Next AI Revolution Yann LeCun Watch Making Manipulation as Simple as Possible but Not Simpler Shuran Song Watch
Event page All recordings Related: Vision and Robotics for Embodied AI, Ascona