not my area, but these accounts seem good to follow @chris_j_paxton @DrJimFan @drfeifei @BostonDynamics @physical_int @pabbeel
ROBOTICS
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Google DeepMind Releases Gemini Robotics On-Device VLA Model
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Google DeepMind dropped Gemini Robotics On-Device, a VLA model that can run locally on robots — without internet
— Rowan Cheung (@rowancheung) 25 juin 2025
It can handle a wide variety of complex, two-handed tasks out of the box and even learn new skills with demonstrationspic.twitter.com/FA3YdkMdGHGoogle DeepMind dropped Gemini Robotics On-Device, a VLA model that can run locally on robots — without internet It can handle a wide variety of complex, two-handed tasks out of the box and even learn new skills with demonstrations
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BAIR researchers win Outstanding Demo Paper Award at RSS 2025
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Congratulations to BAIR researchers @kevin_zakka @qiayuanliao @arthurallshire @carlo_sferrazza @KoushilSreenath @pabbeel and Google collaborators for winning the Outstanding Demo Paper Award at RSS 2025! https://
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Google Announces Gemini Robotics On-Device System for Autonomous Operations
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Building on more than 10 years of robotics research and engineering at @GoogleDeepMind, @GoogleResearch and @GoogleAI, we're delighted to announce our Gemini Robotics On-Device system. A really capable vision-language-action model that can run entirely without network access. ⬇️ https://t.co/EBso5EBigr
— Jeff Dean (@JeffDean) 25 juin 2025Building on more than 10 years of robotics research and engineering at @GoogleDeepMind
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Wall Street Prefers Waymo Over Tesla Robo-Taxi Strategy
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Wall Street’s Best Ideas: A preference for Waymo rather than Tesla’s robo-taxi The very limited roll-out of Tesla’s self-driving taxi in Austin, Texas on Monday seems to have impressed very few, with the conventional wisdom being that Google’s Waymo already has achieved
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Lidar Cars and Tesla FSD Gap to Level 4 Autonomy
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Lidar equipped cars can be mass produced for $30k. And Tesla FSD is still L2, needs 100-1000x higher city miles per critical disengagement to get to L4.
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Google Introduces Gemini Robotics On-Device for Dexterous Manipulation
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Today, we introduced Gemini Robotics On-Device 🤖
— Google AI (@GoogleAI) 24 juin 2025
🧪 Designed for rapid experimentation with dexterous manipulation.
🦾 Adaptable to new tasks through fine-tuning to improve performance.
👟 Optimized to run locally with low-latency inference.
Learn more… https://t.co/h2d1TZ49qmToday, we introduced Gemini Robotics On-Device Designed for rapid experimentation with dexterous manipulation. Adaptable to new tasks through fine-tuning to improve performance. Optimized to run locally with low-latency inference. Learn more
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Gemini Robotics Demonstrates Efficiency in Compact Onboard Models
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Amazing to see the generality & dexterity of Gemini Robotics in a model small enough to run directly on a robot. Incredible speed & performance even in areas with low connectivity. Excited to continue this momentum to make robots more helpful & useful to people https://t.co/8w3JvpKmqT
— Demis Hassabis (@demishassabis) 24 juin 2025Amazing to see the generality & dexterity of Gemini Robotics in a model small enough to run directly on a robot. Incredible speed & performance even in areas with low connectivity. Excited to continue this momentum to make robots more helpful & useful to people
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Tech giants advance: AI labs secure funding, robotaxis face hurdles
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Top stories in tech today: – World’s largest camera reveals deep space
– Murati’s Thinking Machines Lab nabs $2B
– China on the verge of ‘100 Deepseeks’
– Tesla robotaxis hit regulatory speed bump
– Quick hits on other major tech news Read more: https://
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Tesla’s Manufacturing Scale Could Dwarf Waymo’s Robotaxi Fleet
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Tesla peut produire en 5h autant de robotaxis que toute la flotte actuelle de Waymo.
— VISION IA (@vision_ia) 24 juin 2025
Et c’est ça le vrai game changer : la capacité industrielle.
Quand l’un peine à livrer 2 500 véhicules par an… l’autre peut inonder le marché en une semaine. pic.twitter.com/FNs6OjXs2lTesla peut produire en 5h autant de robotaxis que toute la flotte actuelle de Waymo. Et c’est ça le vrai game changer : la capacité industrielle. Quand l’un peine à livrer 2 500 véhicules par an… l’autre peut inonder le marché en une semaine.