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Enjoy right now’s movies!
See NVIDIA’s journey from pioneering superior autonomous automobile {hardware} and simulation instruments to accelerated notion and manipulation for autonomous cellular robots and industrial arms, culminating within the subsequent wave of cutting-edge AI for humanoid robots.
[ NVIDIA ]
In launch 4.0, we superior Spot’s locomotion talents because of the ability of reinforcement studying. Paul Domanico, Robotics Engineer at Boston Dynamics talks by way of how Spot’s hybrid strategy of mixing reinforcement studying with mannequin predictive management creates an much more secure robotic in essentially the most antagonistic environments.
[ Boston Dynamics ]
We’re excited to share our newest progress on instructing EVEs general-purpose expertise. Everything within the video is all autonomous, all 1X velocity, all managed with a single set of neural community weights.
[ 1X ]
What I discover attention-grabbing concerning the Unitree H1 doing a standing flip is the place it decides to place its legs.
[ Unitree ]
At the MODEX Exposition in March of 2024, Pickle Robot demonstrated choosing freight from a random pile just like what you see in a messy truck trailer after it has bounced throughout many miles of freeway. The piles of containers had been by no means the identical and the demonstration was run dwell in entrance of crowds of onlookers 25 occasions over 4 days. No different robotic trailer/container unloading system has but to exhibit this potential to select from unstructured piles.
[ Pickle ]
RunRu is a car-like robotic, a robot-like automobile, with autonomy, sociability, and operability. This is a brand new kind of private automobile that goals to create a “Jinba-Ittai” relationship with its passengers, who are usually not solely all the time assertive, but in addition generally whine.
[ ICD-LAB ]
Verdie went to GTC this yr and gained the hearts of individuals however possibly not the opposite robots.
[ Electric Sheep ]
The “DEEPRobotics AI+” merges AI capabilities with robotic software program techniques to repeatedly enhance embodied intelligence. The showcased achievement is a results of coaching a brand new AI and software program system.
[ DEEP Robotics ]
If you wish to acquire knowledge for robotic greedy, utilizing Stretch and a pair of tongs is about as inexpensive because it will get.
[ Hello Robot ]
The actual purpose why Digit’s legs look backwards is in order that it doesn’t bang its shins taking GPUs out of the oven.
Meanwhile, a few of us can bake our GPUs with out even needing an oven.
[ Agility ]
P1 is LimX Dynamics’ modern point-foot biped robotic, serving as an vital platform for the systematic growth and modular testing of reinforcement studying. It is utilized to advance the analysis and iteration of primary biped locomotion talents. The success of P1 in conquering forest terrain is a testomony to LimX Dynamics’ systematic R&D in reinforcement studying.
[ LimX ]
And now, this.
Cooking in kitchens is enjoyable. BUT doing it collaboratively with two robots is much more satisfying! We introduce MOSAIC, a modular framework that coordinates a number of robots to carefully collaborate and cook dinner with people by way of pure language interplay and a repository of expertise.
[ Cornell ]
neoDavid is a Robust Humanoid with Dexterous Manipulation Skills, developed at DLR. The primary focus within the growth of neoDavid is to get as near human capabilities as doable—particularly by way of dynamics, dexterity and robustness.
[ DLR ]
Welcome to our buyer highlight video sequence the place we showcase among the outstanding robots that our clients have been engaged on. In this episode we showcase three Clearpath Robotics UGVs that our clients are utilizing to create robotic assistants for 3 totally different purposes.
[ Clearpath ]
This video presents KIMLAB’s new three-fingered robotic hand, that includes delicate tactile sensors for enhanced greedy capabilities. Leveraging cost-effective 3D printing supplies, it ensures robustness and operational effectivity.
[ KIMLAB ]
Various perception-aware planning approaches have tried to boost the state estimation accuracy throughout maneuvers, whereas the characteristic matchability amongst frames, a vital issue influencing estimation accuracy, has usually been ignored. In this paper, we current APACE, an Agile and Perception-Aware trajeCtory gEneration framework for quadrotors aggressive flight, that takes into consideration characteristic matchability throughout trajectory planning.
In this video, we see Samuel Kunz, the pilot of the RSL Assistance Robot Race workforce from ETH Zurich, as he participates within the CYBATHLON Challenges 2024. Samuel accomplished all 4 designated duties—retrieving a parcel from a mailbox, utilizing a toothbrush, hanging a shawl on a clothesline, and emptying a dishwasher—with the assistance of an help robotic. He achieved an ideal rating of 40 out of 40 factors and secured first place within the race, finishing the duties in 6.34 minutes.
[ CYBATHLON ]
Florian Ledoux is a wildlife photographer with a deep love for the Arctic and its wildlife. Using the Mavic 3 Pro, he steps onto the ice able to seize the uncooked magnificence and the tales of this chilly, distant place.
[ DJI ]