Robotics startup Genesis AI wants to make robots that can operate in any environment. The company released videos showing a robot playing the piano, cooking, and harnessing wires. CEO Zhou Xian said Genesis combines real-world data with simulation to train its robots. Manipulation is considered one of the hardest problems in robotics. The ability to grab, move, take apart or put together an object with precision is what would make humanoid robots truly useful in the real world. A startup backed by VC firm Eclipse and former Google CEO Eric Schmidt said it took a big leap to solve it. Genesis AI, a French startup with an R&D center in Silicon Valley, said on Wednesday that it's getting closer to achieving "human-level capability" in manipulation, showing a robot playing the piano, cracking an egg, and harnessing wires in recorded demonstrations. One video showed robotic hands keeping up with a piano composition that moves at around a brisk 130 beats per minute.…