In a packed Las Vegas arena, Nvidia founder Jensen Huang stood on stage and marveled over the crisp real-time computer graphics displayed on the screen behind him. He watched as a dark-haired woman walked through ornate gilded double doors and took in the rays of light that poured in through stained glass windows.

"The ChatGPT moment for general robotics is just around the corner," Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said in his keynote speech at CES.