$12M grant for UC Berkeley-affiliated AI startups launches https://
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search-and-ideas/12m-grant-for-uc-berkeley-affiliated-ai-startups-launches/article_0a18ce7c-591e-4208-b851-da7c011d5a21.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=user-share
… via @dailycal
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UC Berkeley launches $12M grant program for AI startups
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VLMs and robot models capabilities discussion
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VLMs are so impressive for open-vocab interactions! Can you share more about the “robot models”? Are you using GOFE?
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Large Robot Action Models and Engineering at CRAY Colloquium
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Looking forward to presenting at the CRAY Colloquium on Monday: "Is Data All You Need?: Large Robot Action Models and Good Old Fashioned Engineering" https://
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UC Berkeley-tied team launches AI fund for next-generation startups
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The team at @TheHouseVC has deep ties to @UCBerkeley and exemplifies Berkeley's creativity, rigor, and high standards. Their new AI fund will enhance the next generation of startups with generous funding,
— Ken Goldberg (@Ken_Goldberg) 16 avril 2025
computing, and mentoring. Go Bears! @jfiance https://t.co/pMAGJxF3i5The team at @thehousefund has deep ties to @UCBerkeley and exemplifies Berkeley's creativity, rigor, and high standards. Their new AI fund will enhance the next generation of startups with generous funding,
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Research Taste Training Difficulty in Robotics Scenarios
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This scenario is interesting. No mention of robotics but I really like the notes about the difficulty of training for “research taste.”
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Mason’s Mechanical Compliance Approach to Robot Chess Piece Grasping
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Another brilliant post on robot manipulation from my PhD advisor Matt “Yoda” Mason @mastertoadster : an ode to mechanical compliance and grasping a chess piece. As the Red Queen said, “I could have done it in a much more complicated way”…. https://
staging2.mtmason.com/the-unstable-q
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A2A Coordination Complements Anthropic’s MCP Protocol
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“…complements Anthropic’s MCP (Model Context Protocol): MCP handles the context. A2A handles the coordination.”
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Surgeons Use Intuitive Telerobots for Gallbladder and Appendix Removal
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Surgeons use @IntuitiveSurg telerobots to remove gallbladders, appendices, and for endometriosis.
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Closing the 100,000x Data Gap in Robotics at NVIDIA GTC
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My talk @NVIDIAGTC about how to close the 100,000x "data gap" in robotics is now online:
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AI, Robots, and Closing the Data Gap with Freakonomics
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So fun talking with @StevenDLevitt of @Freakonomics @MostlyAdmiring about AI, robots, randomness, art, humanoids, and how @AmbiRobotics is closing the 100,000 year data gap! https://
freakonomics.com/podcast/can-ro
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