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Robots! In Mr. Maeda's Cozy AI Kitchen

Microsoft Developer (Build) · Jun 16, 2026 · Engineering Insights

Microsoft demos LLM-planned robot control via Semantic Kernel skills written in Python, with novel robotics skills not yet public.

“It's a while loop for the robot.”

In a Microsoft Build demo, presenters show a robot using an LLM to plan actions—rotating and counting objects until it finds a toaster—via Python-defined Semantic Kernel skills. It illustrates agentic AI applied to embodied robotics, though it reads as an introductory demo rather than a major announcement.

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