a gorgeous sunrise at the beach. a sand sculpture of robot. the word “Robot” is drawn in the sand –ar 5:3 –style raw

“Navar Labs made “NAVER 1784”, a Starbucks store with over 100 robots. The robots called “Rookie” bring Starbucks drinks to meeting rooms and private seats. The store also has a robot with dual arms that perform various tasks and experiments (see Demo). 

“Researchers at MIT developed a robotic exoskeleton called “SuperLimbs” to help astronauts recover from falls. The limbs are built into a backpack that astronauts can easily wear alongside the motors and life support system. 

NVIDIA

“Excited to announce RoboCasa, a large-scale simulation framework of everyday tasks! We use generative AI tools to create diverse objects, scenes, and tasks. Simulation plays a pivotal role in our Data Pyramid for training generalist robots. Open-source at 

“We’ve found a cozy home for our robots in the world of bits! RoboCasa: a place where robot arms, dogs, and humanoids can train safely for daily tasks in procedurally generated simulations. It’s all open-source, check it out in Yuke’s thread!” / X

OpenAI 

OpenAI Is Rebooting Its Robotics Team

OpenAI disbanded its robotics team in 2020, citing lack of training data. Now, with an AI robotics boom taking shape, it’s reviving the team — though with a different mission than last time — per a job listing and sources. With @SarahNEmerson: 

Tesla

“New patent application for Optimus hand was published recently: describes cable-driven fingers that use pivots and springs for stability. It sheds light on the design & optimization of the Gen2 hand; some aspects might carry into the next-gen 22DoF-hand. 

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  1. […] than generative language. Jim Fan is training robots in world-model simulations. Once robots can execute a task in 10,000 world models, the “real world” is introduced as model 10,001. The robots don’t know the […]

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