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One of the crucial venerable (and recognizable) cell robots ever made, the Husky, has simply gotten a serious improve.
Transport early subsequent yr.
MAB Robotics is growing legged robots for the inspection and upkeep of business infrastructure. One of many preliminary areas for deploying this know-how is underground infrastructure, reminiscent of water and sewer canals. In these environments, resistance to components like excessive humidity and dealing underwater is crucial. To handle these challenges, the MAB workforce has constructed a strolling robotic able to working absolutely submerged, primarily based on distinctive self-developed robotics actuators. This innovation overcomes the constraints of present applied sciences, providing MAB’s first shoppers a novel service for trenchless inspection and upkeep duties.
[ MAB Robotics ]
Thanks, Jakub!
The G1 robotic can carry out a standing lengthy leap of as much as 1.4 meters, presumably the longest leap ever achieved by a humanoid robotic of its measurement on the planet, standing only one.32 meters tall.
[ Unitree Robotics ]
Apparently, you’ll be able to print out a practical four-fingered hand on an inkjet.
[ UC Berkeley ]
We current SDS (“See it. Do it. Sorted’), a novel pipeline for intuitive quadrupedal talent studying from a single demonstration video leveraging the visible capabilities of GPT-4o. We validate our methodology on the Unitree Go1 robotic, demonstrating its means to execute variable abilities reminiscent of trotting, bounding, pacing, and hopping, reaching excessive imitation constancy and locomotion stability.
[ Robot Perception Lab, University College London ]
You had me at “3D desk octopus.”
[ UIST 2024 ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology ]
Prime-notch swag from Dusty Robotics
[ Dusty Robotics ]
I’m unsure how critical this shoes-versus-no-shoes take a look at is, however it’s an fascinating end result nonetheless.
[ Robot Era ]
Thanks, Ni Tao!
Introducing TRON 1, the primary multimodal biped robotic! With its revolutionary “Three-in-One” modular design, TRON 1 can simply swap amongst Level-Foot, Sole, and Wheeled foot ends.
[ LimX Dynamics ]
Latest works within the robot-learning group have efficiently launched generalist fashions able to controlling numerous robotic embodiments throughout a variety of duties, reminiscent of navigation and locomotion. Nonetheless, reaching agile management, which pushes the boundaries of robotic efficiency, nonetheless depends on specialist fashions that require in depth parameter tuning. To leverage generalist-model adaptability and suppleness whereas reaching specialist-level agility, we suggest AnyCar, a transformer-based generalist dynamics mannequin designed for agile management of assorted wheeled robots.
[ AnyCar ]
Uncover the way forward for aerial manipulation with our untethered smooth robotic platform with onboard notion stack! Offered on the 2024 Convention on Robotic Studying, in Munich, this platform introduces autonomous aerial manipulation that works in each indoor and out of doors environments—with out counting on pricey off-board monitoring techniques.
[ Paper ] by way of [ ETH Zurich Soft Robotics Laboratory ]
Deploying notion modules for human-robot handovers is difficult as a result of they require a excessive diploma of reactivity, generalizability, and robustness to work reliably for various circumstances. Right here, we present {hardware} handover experiments utilizing our environment friendly and object-agnostic real-time monitoring framework, particularly designed for human-to-robot handover duties with legged manipulators.
[ Paper ] by way of [ ETH Zurich Robotic Systems Lab ]
Azi and Ameca are killing time, however Azi struggles being the brand new child round. Engineered Arts desktop robots function 32 actuators, 27 for facial management alone, and 5 for the neck. They embody AI conversational means together with GPT-4o assist, which makes them nice robotic companions, even to one another. The robots are following a script for this video, utilizing one among their many voices.
[ Engineered Arts ]
Plato automates carrying and transporting, giving your workers extra time to deal with what actually issues, enhancing their high quality of life. With a simple setup that requires no markers or further {hardware}, Plato is extremely intuitive to make use of—no programming abilities wanted.
[ Aldebaran ]
This UPenn GRASP Lab seminar is from Antonio Loquercio, on “Simulation: What made us clever will make our robots clever.”
Simulation-to-reality switch is an rising method that allows robots to develop abilities in simulated environments earlier than making use of them in the true world. This methodology has catalyzed quite a few developments in robotic studying, from locomotion to agile flight. On this discuss, I’ll discover simulation-to-reality switch by means of the lens of evolutionary biology, drawing intriguing parallels with the perform of the mammalian neocortex. By reframing this method within the context of organic evolution, we will uncover novel analysis questions and discover how simulation-to-reality switch can evolve from an empirically pushed course of to a scientific self-discipline.
[ University of Pennsylvania ]
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