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AI Breakthroughs: AR Glasses, Robotics, and Emerging Tech Jobs
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Elon Musk’s Drone Company: Merging Tesla and SpaceX Innovation
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Somewhere between Tesla and SpaceX lies the seed of Elon’s drone company.
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BAIR Alumni Named MIT Innovators Under 35
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Congratulations to BAIR alumni Deepak Pathak (
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Agile Continuous Jumping for Quadrupedal Robots in Discontinuous Terrains
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Agile Continuous Jumping in Discontinuous Terrains
— AK (@_akhaliq) 18 septembre 2024
discuss: https://t.co/2beMBjQUTQ
We focus on agile, continuous, and terrain-adaptive jumping of quadrupedal robots in discontinuous terrains such as stairs and stepping stones. Unlike single-step jumping, continuous jumping… pic.twitter.com/JN91iUktNhAgile Continuous Jumping in Discontinuous Terrains discuss: https://
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Tesla FSD Autonomous System Avoids Fatal Collision with Fallen Truck Driver
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Los sistemas de conducción autónoma están cada día más pulidos y pueden suponer un enorme avance para la seguridad en carretera. En este vídeo vemos como el Tesla FDS reacciona a la caída de un camionero que se cruza en la trayectoria evitando un atropello potencialmente mortal.… pic.twitter.com/pLluwUQCxS
— Juan Merodio (@juanmerodio) 17 septembre 2024Autonomous driving systems are becoming more and more refined every day and can represent a huge advancement for road safety. In this video, we see how the Tesla FSD reacts to a truck driver who falls and crosses into its path, avoiding a potentially fatal collision. It was a
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Mass drone manufacturing emerges as strategic military capability
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Mass drone manufacturing capability is the new nuclear weapon.
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Open-Duck-Mini Robot Achieves First Steps with Neural Networks
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Open-duck-mini proudly standing up for the first time!
— Thomas Wolf (@Thom_Wolf) 16 septembre 2024
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Join the discussion if you're interested in cute-RL and sim-to-real transfer for open-source robots (you can help even without robotic hardware)👇 https://t.co/JINvI4it5MOpen-duck-mini proudly standing up for the first time! Neural network powered Join the discussion if you're interested in cute-RL and sim-to-real transfer for open-source robots (you can help even without robotic hardware)
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Moon nostalgia interrupted by autonomous vehicle arrival
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Standing with 81 year old friend looking at the Moon, he saying how magnificent, me saying how we last went there in '72 with hardly any tech. I built my first autonomous mobile robot in '73. Our revery interrupted by a Waymo autonomous(almost) robot arriving to take me home.
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Ken Goldberg Thanks Luisa for Tough Robot Questions
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TY Luisa for asking tough questions about robots!
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Robots Cannot Replace Human Care Solutions
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So you can see that as 'we as apopulation have to work out how to provide care for those who need it.' Like that, that is a statement that sort of brings everyone together, I think. And then it's like, okay, so let's buy some robots. >>