Woke up today reflecting on the journey so far bootstrapped grit, late nights, pivots, breakthroughs, and the quiet moments in between where it’s just you… and the machine. No playbook. Just purpose and a new Robot I call friend
ROBOTICS
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Interview with Jeff Mahler on AI Robot Grasping and AmbiRobotics
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Brilliant interview with CTO Jeff Mahler about the origins of AI-based robot grasping @UCBerkeley and the exciting trajectory of @AmbiRobotics
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Robots to Boost Tesla Stock by $100 per 1% US Workforce Replacement
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Morgan Stanley estime qu’un remplacement de 1 % de la main-d’œuvre US par des robots humanoïdes ajouterait environ 100 $ à l’action Tesla. Louer un robot 5 $/h pour remplacer deux employés à 25 $/h = ~200 000 $ de valeur nette actualisée. À l’échelle nationale ? Plus de 300
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Autonomous Driving Challenge Won Using MATLAB Technology
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Autonomous driving, powered by MATLAB Learn how Professor Kichun Jo's team from Hanyang University won the 2023 Hyundai Motor Group Autonomous Driving Challenge using MATLAB. Read the full blog: https://
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Tesla Optimus Performs Advanced Dance Moves, Multiple Units Roaming Offices
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Tesla released another clip of Optimus, this time showing even more complex dance moves than the last time
— Rowan Cheung (@rowancheung) 14 mai 2025
CEO Elon Musk also shared that multiple Optimus robots walk around their office 24/7 with "no one watching, charging themselves as needed"pic.twitter.com/WhyHAfFukoTesla released another clip of Optimus, this time showing even more complex dance moves than the last time CEO Elon Musk also shared that multiple Optimus robots walk around their office 24/7 with "no one watching, charging themselves as needed"
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CausVid: AI Video Generation for Live Translation and Gaming
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One day, CausVid could help w/things like:
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Embodiment Scaling Laws Improve Robot Locomotion Generalization
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Towards Embodiment Scaling Laws in Robot Locomotion This study investigates whether scaling the diversity of training embodiments leads to better generalization in robotic agents. Key contributions: Built a dataset of ~1,000 procedurally generated robot bodies
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Gantry Robot Design for Amazon Vertical Bin Picking Systems
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Interesting gantry robot design for picking and placing specific products into @Amazon vertical bins. Good Old Fashioned Engineering (GOFE)! Cool end-effector design — a bit like the "Bluction Tool" that we developed in the lab: https://
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The Rundown Expands with New Robotics and Tech Newsletters
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Big news: We’re expanding The Rundown! Today I'm officially announcing two new flagship newsletters: Robotics and Tech. Right after our AI newsletter hit 1,000,000 subscribers, we quietly launched both to our readers: > The Rundown Tech: now at 250k+ subscribers
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Elon Musk: Tesla Poised to Dominate Humanoid Robot Market
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Traduis en 🇫🇷
— VISION IA (@vision_ia) 12 mai 2025
Elon Musk: "La seule entreprise qui possède tous les ingrédients pour fabriquer des robots humanoïdes intelligents à grande échelle est Tesla."
Elon croit qu'Optimus deviendra le plus grand produit de tous les temps — 10 fois plus important que le plus grand… pic.twitter.com/EZzVeWKKpdTraduis en Elon Musk: "La seule entreprise qui possède tous les ingrédients pour fabriquer des robots humanoïdes intelligents à grande échelle est Tesla." Elon croit qu'Optimus deviendra le plus grand produit de tous les temps — 10 fois plus important que le plus grand