# The Robot That Needed a Teacher: Physical Intelligences New Brain and the Air Fryer Problem

- slug: the-robot-that-needed-a-teacher-physical-intelligences-new-brain-and-the-air-fryer-problem
- date: 2026-04-17
- category: Robotics

Physical Intelligence says its π0.7 robot brain can perform tasks it was never trained on. The catch: ask it to use an air fryer without step-by-step coaching and it fails 95 percent of the time. The $5.6B startup published the results Thursday.

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