A robotics engineer reflects on leaving humanoid robotics company 1X, discussing the company's growth and the 'magical objects' driving AI progress.
Weekly AI news summary covering robotics, cybersecurity, AI licensing, and compute infrastructure trends.
Explains how motor inertia and gearing affect robot safety and agility, using physics to show why lightweight, high-torque motors are key for advanced robots.
A robotics AI lead reflects on the field's future, discussing scaling robot autonomy with neural networks and parallels to large language models.
Explores the potential impact of AI and automation on jobs, economy, and society, discussing both optimistic and pessimistic future scenarios.
A summary and analysis of DeepMind's RoboCat paper, a self-improving foundation agent for robotic manipulation using Transformer models.
A roboticist argues for scaling robotics research like generative AI, focusing on data quality and iteration over algorithms for better generalization.
A deep learning researcher shares insights on the 2022 ML job market, comparing career options like FAANG, startups, and robotics, after joining Halodi Robotics.
Explores building real-world robotic arms like Tony Stark's DUM-E using ROS and machine learning for automated tasks.
A review of 'Architects of Intelligence,' a book featuring interviews with 23 leading AI researchers and industry experts.
A review of 'Architects of Intelligence,' a book featuring interviews with 23 leading AI researchers and industry experts.
Explores efficient state representations for robots to accelerate Reinforcement Learning training, comparing pixel-based and model-based approaches.
Explores domain randomization as a technique to bridge the simulation-to-reality gap in robotics and deep reinforcement learning.
A personal reflection on the author's achievements in 2017, including travel, starting a club, and fitness goals, with a positive outlook for 2018.
A beginner-friendly tutorial on implementing Visual Odometry for robotics, focusing on a stereo vision approach based on a classic research paper.
A developer begins a project to build a warrior robot for competition, focusing on the software aspects of the infrared laser battle system.
Explores the Aikon project, a robotic artist using Python, SciPy, and the Enthought Tool Suite to create sketches, blending art and technology.
