Berry pickup from Kyber Labs Robot hands that can... pick up fragile objects quickly will be important to solving long-tail of robotics problems not currently automatedshow more

Well, a humanoid robot can move on two legs... or wheels, depending on the environment it faces. AGIBOT (Zhiyuan) from Shanghai revealed that their new generation of humanoid robot "Nezha" can autonomously switch to two wheels for fast movement when walking on two legs. Imagine that in the airport hall, when he walks down the stairs and sees a fallen object not far away, it can transform into a wheeled robot and move quickly to pick it up. Or in elderly care, when it see an elderly person fall, it can quickly move and help the elderly person up, and quickly provide medical supplies to the caregiver.show more

In Super Mario Sunshine, Shadow Mario can pick up... and carry Peach. In fact, Peach can always be picked up; the difference between Mario and Shadow Mario is that Mario is not allowed to do it. Below is footage of Mario's ability to pick up Peach being enabled.show more

We’re solving problems that aren’t problems in America This... is the new automated ketchup dispenser from Server Products at Raising Canes I think there is a bigger plan with these new dispensers, and they’re being rolled out at multiple chains. These dispensers are IoT-enabled in newer models, meaning they can monitoring usage and inventory This kind of tracking and quickly turn into new features like restricting the amount of condiments one user can get, similar to what’s being done with soda machines and QR codes It starts as convenience, and ends with restrictions and controlshow more

Our team is currently building a monitoring tool to... monitor the up-time of the #nodes. This will help us ensure that our platform is running smoothly and efficiently, and we'll be able to quickly identify and resolve any issues that may arise. #buidl #evm #validatorsshow more

You can't 3D reconstruct glass from images... ...WRONG! Thanks... for video diffusion, now just about anything is possible! Introducing...Diffusion Knows Transparency (DKT) Transparent and reflective objects usually break robot vision and photogrammetry pipelines because they don't follow the "solid object" rules standard cameras expect. DKT is a new AI model that repurposes the "internal physics engine" found in video generation models to solve this problem. Researchers took a massive video diffusion model (WAN) and fine-tuned it using a custom-built synthetic dataset to turn it into a high-precision depth sensor. To train the AI, they built the first massive synthetic video library of transparent objects, 1.32 million frames of perfectly labeled glass and metal objects in motion. Without ever seeing a "real" labeled video of glass during training, the model (DKT) outperformed all previous specialized systems on real-world benchmarks (ClearPose, DREDS). They created a "lightweight" 1.3B parameter version that runs fast enough (0.17s per frame) to be used on actual robot hardware. Two reasons I find this project important: 1. It further proves that synthetic data will be essential for training the next generation vision models. 2. In real-world robotic tests, using DKT's depth maps nearly doubled the success rate of robot arms trying to pick up objects on tricky reflective or translucent surfaces. At home robots will need to interact with these types of objects on a daily basis. Check out the project page here: Code is LIVE! #Computervision #Robotics #AIshow more

ROBOT ARM GOES FULL OCTOPUS MODE This squishy robot... arm bends, flexes, and grabs stuff with suction cups like it's born underwater. It can pick up anything from a rock to a potato chip without breaking a sweat.0 Basically, it's the robot version of that one kid in gym class who’s good at everything. Source: The Fact Labshow more

SOOO many problems. I don’t understand how this can... possibly be the play you design in that huddle. • Donovan Mitchell inbounding???? • Not a single pick • DEAN WADE in the game • A contested Evan Mobley deep mid range to tie the game Just awful from Kenny.show more

It's the little things that make me excited about... the future. Many people are (rightfully) worried that AI and robotics will take their jobs. Yes, it's about money they need to live on, and solutions are needed. At the same time, it's often work that's strenuous and tedious. So we can be glad when robots take these tasks off our hands. Furthermore, robots don't need breaks, vacations, or sleep. They can be scaled quickly and are efficient. Globalization, and humanity as a whole, can therefore benefit massively from this increase in efficiency.show more

A new wheeled humanoid robot DARWIN-01 From Shenzhen Standard... Robotics. This is a humanoid robot for industrial manufacturing and warehouses. The foldable body can adapt to a variety of spatial operations, and the end effector can also be switched to adapt to personalized business goals. The maximum load is 10kg. The universal wheels can shuttle between shelves, workshops and assembly lines at will, with a speed greater than 2m/s. Automatic charging or battery replacement, with a battery life of 12 hours.show more

Didn't take long for BOS to get into their... first Spain rep. We also get a coverage clue from OKC -- Hartenstein creeps up to the level of the screen. Hidden beauty of Chet having the Hauser assignment (!) is that he winds up low by default, can pick up the Brown drive.show more

The future of robotics isn't coming - it's already... here. Experience it in person at CES 2025. We're thrilled to announce that Richtech Robotics will exhibit at #CES2025 from January 7-10, 2025! Visit booth #8549 to experience the cutting-edge of robotic technology and witness our innovative solutions firsthand. Connect with us at CES to explore partnership opportunities and discover how Richtech Robotics can transform your operations. Our team will be on hand to answer your questions and demonstrate the incredible capabilities of our robotic lineup. $RR #RichtechRobotics #Medbot #ADAM #Matradee #Scorpionshow more

Today may be the ImageNet moment for robotics. RT-X:... the largest open-source robot dataset ever compiled, across 33 institutes, 22 robot hardware, 527 skills, and 1M episodes. Why is robotics lagging so far behind NLP, vision, and other AI domains? Data scarcity is the main culprit to blame, among other difficulties. Unlike text, images, and videos, you cannot download mass amounts of onboard robot control data from the internet. They simply don't exist in the wild. 11 yrs ago, ImageNet kicked off the deep learning revolution. 3-4 yrs ago, internet-scale data fueled the first GPTs and Diffusions that define this era of foundation models. I think 2023 is finally the year for robotics to scale up. Robot foundation models like VIMA ( my team's work at NVIDIA) and RT-1/2 ( Google DeepMind's effort) are extremely data hungry. While massively parallel simulations like NVIDIA IsaacGym & Omniverse can alleviate the problem to some extent, it's still not quite enough to bridge the gap to the messy, physical world. This new dataset is not just a technical contribution. I also see it as a commendable effort to overcome institutional bureaucracies and unite researchers from around the world to tackle a grand challenge together. Robotics will be the final holy grail that we capture in AI. We are not there yet, but ascending in the right gradient direction. RT-X website: Launch blog:show more

The likely next Chancellor of Germany Friedrich Merz speaking... after tonight’s election victory: “For me, the absolute priority will be to strengthen Europe as quickly as possible so that, step by step, we can really achieve independence from the USA”show more

even so, I trust that any new watcher will... be able to pick up what's going on. The people who made the OVAs shown from time and time again that they have faith in their viewers that they'll be able to understand the world building that culminated to this point. You can start the other shows prior to this, either before or after this OVA and it will still feel like a proper climax leading up to this. The story beats in this show are pretty good in the sense that anyone can understand it, it's not universally profound but it does a good job in highlighting perspectives of every side and have a glimpse at what happened that lead up to it.show more

kim hyunmin’s will to live isn’t his own, his... will to live seems long gone. but maybe not all of the will to live needs to come from him. jiyoung spends all her time stitching up her lover’s soul, because it is her will that he lives..ㅠㅠ 💡 #lightshop #lightshopep6show more

Kitten update #25: We're starting to let the kittens... explore more of the house. The soda cases are blocking the door gap to keep them from escaping, but it's also provided a convenient barrier that Buffy respects so that the door can be open and the kitties can decide whether to engage with her or not. So far, they have enthusiastically chosen YES. Fortunately, Buffy has realized that the face end tastes better than the tail end because it might have some cat food on it. Besides the dog time, they also got to have new experiences with wood floors (soooo slippery!), stairs (fun to leap on), and the robot vacuum (not really that scary but not really making friends either). I suspect the afternoon nap will be extra intense today.show more

AI-Powered weed control! 🌱 The LaserWeeder machine from Carbon... Robotics has captured the imagination of American farmers. This technology uses AI system to identify weeds in crops and zap them with precision thermal bursts from lasers. Bit of facts about the cool robot: → The machine can remove weeds from over 40 crops and can also be used for thinning crops. → It can operate in virtually all weather conditions, with millimeter accuracy at all times, and can work through the night thanks to its built-in lighting system. → High-resolution cameras and computer machine learning enable it to distinguish weeds from crops in milliseconds. → The LaserWeeder can replace about 70 workers on farms where manual weeding is used, and can weed up to four acres per hour. What other applications can we expect to see in the future in farming applications? Btw. I believe farming robots are A HUGE THING in robotics! 🔥 ~~ ♻ Join the weekly robotics newsletter, and never miss any news →show more

Something big is happening in robotics - and it’s... hiding in plain sight. This post is not about dancing robots but in the data that powers them. Open robotics datasets have exploded this year, turning the field into a more scalable and collaborative ecosystem. In just two years, Hugging Face datasets grew from 11k to over 600k - and robotics is by far the fastest-growing segment. We went from 1k robotics datasets in 2024 to 27k in 2025! For comparison, text generation, the second-largest category, has only around 5k datasets in 2025. That gap is massive. Open datasets are important because robotics lives and dies by real-world robot data - video, actions, sensors, failures. By making this data easy to upload, reuse, and benchmark, researchers, startups, and large players are now releasing real-robot datasets that would have stayed locked inside labs just a few years ago. Major contributors include NVIDIA, LeRobot initiative, and a rapidly growing maker community. This surge is also enabled by cheaper video storage, better tooling, and an open-source AI culture now spilling into the physical world. And it really matters: open robotics data dramatically lowers entry barriers, accelerates learning-by-doing, and speeds up progress toward generalist and humanoid robots. Robotics won’t scale through hardware alone - but to a large extent through shared data. Viz below from AI World - link to the story and more viz/filters in comment.show more