New on @airstreetpress
: Street Talk #2. We share three things that caught our eye this week in AI: 1. Road to nowhere: GM shuttering Cruise 2. To Russia with love: Western chips making their way into Russian weapons 3. Gemini comes of age: GDM cooks! Link below
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GM Shuts Cruise; Western Chips in Russia; Gemini Advances
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Drone World Records: Speed, Endurance, and Autonomous Swarm Technology
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Top 3 #Drone World Records
— Mike Quindazzi (@MikeQuindazzi) 13 décembre 2024
🚀 Fastest: Peregrine 2 hits 317 mph (510 km/h) in April 2024
⏱️Longest: Lockheed Martin’s Stalker VXE flew 39 hrs, 17 mins, 7 secs in Feb 2022
🐝 Largest: 10,197 Swarm over Shenzhen, China in Sept 2024#Human Pilot, #AI #Autonomous pic.twitter.com/Dm7hbP5KhlTop 3 #Drone World Records Fastest: Peregrine 2 hits 317 mph (510 km/h) in April 2024 Longest: Lockheed Martin’s Stalker VXE flew 39 hrs, 17 mins, 7 secs in Feb 2022 Largest: 10,197 Swarm over Shenzhen, China in Sept 2024 #Human Pilot, #AI #Autonomous
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Wayve’s AI-First Approach to Autonomous Vehicles vs Waymo
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“[
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Clone Hand: Realistic Biometric Robotic Hand Mimics Human Anatomy
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La "Clone Hand" es una mano robótica y biométrica creada para imitar de una forma realista el movimiento de la anatomía humana. Con esta creación, la gente de Clone Robotics nos permite asomarnos al futuro de los robots humanoides.
— Juan Merodio (@juanmerodio) 13 décembre 2024
Sencilamente impresionante 😳 pic.twitter.com/u4C2HD34lsLa "Clone Hand" es una mano robótica y biométrica creada para imitar de una forma realista el movimiento de la anatomía humana. Con esta creación, la gente de Clone Robotics nos permite asomarnos al futuro de los robots humanoides. Sencilamente impresionante
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Robot Training Data Visualization and Humanoid Dance Performance Premiere
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Looking fwd to presenting 11:30-11:50am today on: new visualization about robot training data + the long history of humanoids + how we use @openpose for robochoreography + history of work + west coast premier of "Breathless" dance performance tonight @ 7:30 @exploratorium
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CSAIL Engineers Teach Robotic Arm Task Planning with PRoC3S
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Next, the CSAIL engineers brought their approach to the real world. Their method developed & executed plans on a robotic arm, teaching it to put blocks in straight lines.
— MIT CSAIL (@MIT_CSAIL) 12 décembre 2024
PRoC3S also enabled the machine to place blue & red blocks into matching bowls & move all objects near the… pic.twitter.com/579KOT0ChmNext, the CSAIL engineers brought their approach to the real world. Their method developed & executed plans on a robotic arm, teaching it to put blocks in straight lines. PRoC3S also enabled the machine to place blue & red blocks into matching bowls & move all objects near the
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PRoC3S Enables Robots to Complete Complex Multi-Step Household Tasks
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In the future, PRoC3S could help robots complete more intricate chores in dynamic environments like houses, where they may be prompted to do a general chore composed of many steps (like "make me breakfast").
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Advancing Robot Learning with Enhanced Physics Simulators
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For future work, the researchers aim to improve results using a more advanced physics simulator, & to expand to more elaborate longer-horizon tasks via more scalable data-search techniques. They also plan to apply PRoC3S to mobile robots (such as quadrupeds) for tasks that
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PRoC3S Successfully Demonstrates Drawing and Block Stacking Tasks
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In simulations, PRoC3S successfully drew stars & letters 8/10 times each. It also could stack digital blocks in pyramids & lines, & place items w/accuracy, like fruits on a plate.
— MIT CSAIL (@MIT_CSAIL) 12 décembre 2024
Across each of these digital demos, the CSAIL method completed the requested task more… pic.twitter.com/lW9Q1HC0MpIn simulations, PRoC3S successfully drew stars & letters 8/10 times each. It also could stack digital blocks in pyramids & lines, & place items w/accuracy, like fruits on a plate. Across each of these digital demos, the CSAIL method completed the requested task more
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Teaching Robots Safe Task Execution Using Vision and LLMs
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Can we teach a robot its limits to do chores safely & correctly? 🧵
— MIT CSAIL (@MIT_CSAIL) 12 décembre 2024
To help robots execute open-ended, multi-step tasks, MIT CSAIL researchers used vision models to see what’s near the machine & model its constraints. An LLM sketches up a plan that’s checked in a simulator to… pic.twitter.com/u5HyfQwUicCan we teach a robot its limits to do chores safely & correctly? To help robots execute open-ended, multi-step tasks, MIT CSAIL researchers used vision models to see what’s near the machine & model its constraints. An LLM sketches up a plan that’s checked in a simulator to