The distinction between AI and physical intelligence is now widely recognized, but that wasn't always the case. https://
withoutwhy.substack.com/p/ai-embodimen
t-and-the-limits-of-simulation
… @BScotRousse
HARDWARE
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AI and Physical Intelligence: A Historical Perspective on Embodiment
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Multi-Fingered Hand Assembly: Engineering vs Machine Learning Trade-offs
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Precision assembly is common but OK! Doing it with a multi-fingered hand is interesting: how much of this demo is due to Model-Free Learning and how much is Good Old-Fashioned Engineering (GOFE)? I'll bet it's mostly the latter. Now use it to generate data for the former…
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Physical Atari RL Framework: Simulation Transfer Challenges
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Some interesting experiments with our “physical Atari” RL framework — one of our main points was that the flawless simulators didn’t transfer well at all to the messy reality of cameras and servos, but perhaps less obviously, even transferring from one robotroller to a second,
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Unitree Launches World’s First Humanoid Robot App Store
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Unitree Debuts the World’s First Humanoid Robot “App Store” https://
youtu.be/AEhnXtBEC_E?si
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… via @YouTube #Robotics #Robot #humanoid #AI #Unitree #appstore @SpirosMargaris @PawlowskiMario @mvollmer1 @gvalan @ipfconline1 @LaurentAlaus @Shi4Tech @Fisher85M @kalydeoo @Ym78200 -
Google’s Production System Profiling for Performance Optimization
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Since much of Google's software is delivered as web-based services running in our datacenters, we often can just look across our production systems to see what kinds of things are consuming lots of cycles (via Google Wide Profiling: https://
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PsiBot Introduces First Embodied Native Human Data Collection Solution
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What if we could collect human data in a revolutionary way for real-world applications? PsiBot presents the world's first embodied native human data collection solution, Psi-SynEngine! It includes a portable exoskeleton tactile glove data collection set, a large – scale in
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Open-source AI on Mac Studios: Cheaper, faster, and free alternative to ChatGPT
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Small companies could run DeepSeek-V3.2 on one of these souped-up Mac Studios instead of paying for dozens and dozens of ChatGPT licenses for employees. Open-source models are only about 6 months behind the proprietary models. And they’re free. Forever.
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Real-time GPU rendering transforms creative storytelling with AI
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🎬 When rendering is real time, creativity moves faster.
— NVIDIA AI (@NVIDIAAI) 19 décembre 2025
Industrial Light & Magic (@ILMVFX) artist @LandisFields is reshaping modern storytelling with NVIDIA RTX PRO and Unreal Engine using real-time, GPU-accelerated rendering to explore ideas instantly, answer visual questions… pic.twitter.com/NgqvJqghpCWhen rendering is real time, creativity moves faster. Industrial Light & Magic (
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Roboflow App Coming to Small Robotics Device
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can't wait for the first @roboflow app on that little buddy!
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South Korean Companies Dominate CES 2026 Innovation Awards
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South Korean Companies Sweep CES 2026 Innovation Awards https://
chosun.com/english/indust
ry-en/2025/11/06/O7B2S3XCWVG7NJZBFL3DPA72QU/
… #CES2026 #AI #IoT #5G @JimHarris @Analytics_699