What if a robot could learn from its own successes, not just its failures? This research introduces SRPO, a method that lets vision-language-action models use their own best attempts as a reference to assign smarter rewards. This self-referential approach boosted a robot's
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Robot Safety Concerns and Human Harm Prevention Timeline
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Yes but not the present. 2028 mostly. Robots can still accidentally harm humans.
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Amazon Recruits Leading AI and Robotics Expert Pieter Abbeel
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Congrats to @amazon for bringing aboard @pabbeel
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Prototype Drones Achieve 2-5cm LIDAR Spatial Resolution Indoor
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Our current prototype drones use this LIDAR: https://
livoxtech.com/mid-360 So I would say that the effective spatial resolution is ~2–5 cm at typical indoor distances. -
Smart Prague Drones Navigate Smoke Without GPS Using AI
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Prometheus in Action: Smart Drones from Prague That Fly in Smoke and Without GPS Show How They Can Execute Commands
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Prague Smart Drones Navigate Smoke Without GPS
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Prometheus in Action: Smart Drones from Prague That Fly Through Smoke and Without GPS Show How Well They Can Follow Commands https://
lupa.cz/clanky/prometh
eus-v-akci-inteligentni-drony-z-prahy-ktere-letaji-v-kouri-a-bez-gps-ukazaly-jak-umeji-plnit-prikazy/
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Lack of bleeding edge AI doomed startup against well-funded rivals
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Really what doomed it was it didn't have bleeding edge AI so couldn't get investors to believe it had a shot against Tesla, Figure, and all the other big companies that were already well funded.
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Tesla has best world models for training robots
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Yeah, world models are being used to train robots. Awesome, huh? And who has the best world models? Tesla.
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New Toolkit for Extending Training Data to Different Robot Embodiments
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Excited to release this toolkit for extending training data to different robot embodiments: https://t.co/sqhKr7akE8
— Ken Goldberg (@Ken_Goldberg) 17 décembre 2025Excited to release this toolkit for extending training data to different robot embodiments:
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Next year robots from stupid to smart, humanoid path obvious
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Totally. Next year robots will go from fairly stupid to fairly smart. And it will be obvious to everyone how we will get to generalized humanoid robots.