Star Trek Holodeck Brought To Life To Train Robots

On a serious and more general note, robots benefiting from training in these environments demonstrate a significant uptick in their capacity for navigating environments and selecting objects relevant to their assigned tasks. 

This means, of course, that the implications for robotics introduced by this system are profound. First, robotics applied to more pedestrian residential or commercial spaces will gain a sizable edge. Second, this system, straight out of sci-fi, paves the way for training robots to guide themselves through underwater ruins, across the surface of distant planets, or even function in emergency scenarios and hazardous environments. 

Hopefully, Captain Kirk would approve of this close approximation to the Star Trek Holodeck. 

Source: IFLScience