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Manipulation happens through surfaces. To understand contact-rich dexterous interaction, motion alone is not enough. We also need to know surface properties and contact state. Excited to share ART-Glove, an articulated tactile glove that captures contact-grounded information while preserving human dexterity. It provides: - Known Geometry: 16 rigid functional surfaces... show more

Changyi Lin

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Arata Horie3 months ago

Congratulations on the amazing research! I've added your project to our site compiling data collection devices. Please let me know if anything looks off!

Caitlin Kalinowski3 months ago

Sweet

Kyle Wong3 months ago

Congrats!!

Obligate Chronovore3 months ago

This is missing an important area! Palmar Digital Pad of the Index Finger, edge-side to the Superficial Transverse Metacarpal Ligament end. Whenever I pick up and move things (a rod or beam or something with a handle that has mass at the end) like a frying pan, that area works.

Huazhe Harry Xu3 months ago

Nice work, Changyi!

Léo3 months ago

Curious how you manage to synchronize all sensors? It seems to be the main difficulty when dealing with sensory hand data

Eceertrey3 months ago

Cool

Nurvai - The Data Layer for Physical AI3 months ago

This looks really good! Are you planning on releasing the BOM? What is the sampling rate for the tactile sensors?

glanceinspires3 months ago

Interesting, what are the implied applications of this technology?

Joe Dong3 months ago

congrats on the awesome work! look forward to the code release!

just101013 months ago

Shameless @danfei_xu Stop stealing from students/ interviewees Shame on @gtcomputing

Techniahqrobot | humanoid robots3 months ago

Huge congrats to you and the team! Looking forward to the paper and hopefully seeing the data/code released. This could be a game changer for contact rich manipulation research.

Alexander Whillas3 months ago

Like to see it hold a pen :P

zeke3 months ago

damn this is cool.

Jason傑森 🇭🇰 | 🛠️3 months ago

这玩意真的奢侈啊

Florian3 months ago

Very cool. Big market in robotics for this. Looking forward to seeing more on the GitHub

DuinoDu3 months ago

Great work! Is that possible for us to DIY this work? Much thanks!

Takayuki Miyamoto, PhD / 宮本峻志3 months ago

Beautiful work

clankr3 months ago

Very cool design, i wonder what is cost in this project and is it easy to build? because as far as i know, there is no good open source tactive feedback gloves around.

Evan Tao3 months ago

Very cool design!

big mom1 month ago

我们有一款类似的穿戴式刚性触觉手套，希望可以交流一下

Paolo AI3 months ago

I need that now !

ditto3 months ago

awesome work!!

Alexandre Momeni3 months ago

Very cool

Maryam3 months ago

Awesome & very cool!

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However, a single encounter is not enough to create familiarity. For a dog that has spent time wandering, what matters more is the stability of the experiences that follow. While living on the streets, the dog’s surroundings may have changed constantly. The scents, sounds, places and people it encountered would not always have been the same. Once brought into a home, those signals could begin to become more stable. Food and water might appear at familiar times, the scent of its carer would return each day, and the sounds within the house could gradually become familiar parts of its environment. For a dog that cannot see, this stability can be particularly important. It can learn to remember a space through scents, sounds, the sensation beneath its paws and the positions of objects it regularly encounters. Through repeated experiences, a place that was initially unfamiliar can gradually become an environment in which the dog knows how to find its way. Something similar happens as the dog becomes familiar with people. Someone who is initially recognised through scent, voice and physical contact can gradually become a familiar presence when those signals occur consistently in situations that do not cause distress. This is an important part of the process of adaptation. The dog does not need to immediately understand who the person in front of it is or what the new environment will be like. Through repeated experiences, it can gradually learn what tends to happen, which sounds are familiar, which scents are associated with its carer and which areas of the house it can move around with confidence. This ability to adapt can also be seen when the dog interacts with other dogs. Canine communication does not depend solely on eye contact. Scent, sound, distance and physical contact all contribute to social interaction. Therefore, even without vision, a dog can still recognise the presence of another individual and adjust its behaviour according to signals that it can hear, smell or feel. A dog approaching from nearby may be detected through its footsteps or scent before physical contact occurs. If the approach is slow and does not create a sudden reaction, the visually impaired dog has more time to recognise the individual coming towards it. Gentle touches and a consistent distance can also provide additional information that helps the dog adjust its response during the encounter. This shows that losing vision does not mean losing the ability to interact with the social environment. The dog can still recognise the individuals around it, although it may rely more heavily on other sources of information and on experience gained from previous encounters. If we want to help a visually impaired dog adapt to a new life, one of the most important things is to provide an environment that is stable and predictable. First, it is helpful to avoid frequently changing the position of important objects around the home. Food and water bowls, resting areas and places the dog regularly visits should remain in familiar positions whenever possible. When the layout changes very little, the dog can rely on memory alongside its remaining senses to develop its own way of finding its way around. Unexpected obstacles should also be minimised, particularly along routes the dog uses regularly. If furniture needs to be moved or a new object is introduced into its living space, giving the dog time to become familiar with the new arrangement can help reduce the risk of collisions. The way people approach the dog is also important. A dog that cannot see may not know that someone is approaching unless there is a familiar sound or other signal. Calling its name or making a gentle sound before touching it can therefore help the dog realise that someone is nearby rather than being startled by unexpected contact. When taking the dog outdoors, safety requires even greater attention. It cannot use vision to detect changes in its surroundings in the same way as a sighted dog, so it needs appropriate supervision and areas that suit its ability to navigate. At the same time, helping does not mean doing everything for the dog. Once it becomes familiar with its surroundings, it needs opportunities to move around, explore and remember the space in its own way. A stable environment allows it to make active use of its remaining abilities rather than becoming entirely dependent on people. This may be the most important point in the story. A visually impaired dog does not need people to replace everything it has lost. What it needs is an environment in which its remaining senses can be used effectively, important signals remain consistent and people give it enough time to learn how to live in its new surroundings. For the dog that this man brought home, the journey may have begun with something as small as resting its head against him. But for that moment to develop into a stable life, what matters is not simply one act of kindness, but also patience, consistency and an environment suited to the way the dog experiences the world.

After Days of Wandering, the Blind Dog Finally Found a Lap to Rest Its Head Against 🐶❤️‍🩹 A man was walking along the road when he came across an abandoned stray dog. The dog had once had an owner, but had later been abandoned and left to wander on its own. What caught the man’s attention most was that the dog could not see. Moved by its circumstances, he decided to take it home. As soon as the dog was lifted into his arms, it did something that immediately drew attention. Instead of trying to escape from the arms of a complete stranger, it pressed its body against the man, rested its head against his chest and remained still. A dog that had spent time wandering alone was able to accept physical contact from someone it had never met before. Why could a dog that would normally need to remain alert to its surroundings show such trust so quickly? The answer may begin with the way a visually impaired dog receives information about the world around it. When vision is unavailable, dogs can still rely on their sense of smell, hearing and touch to understand their surroundings. These senses do not simply replace vision, but can become more important sources of information for navigation, recognising people and interacting with other animals. For this dog, the man could not be recognised through an image, but through a combination of different signals. His scent could indicate his presence, sounds could reveal where he was and how he was moving, while direct physical contact could provide further information about distance and bodily movement. When held in the man’s arms, the dog could also feel his body temperature, breathing and subtle movements. Its decision to rest against his chest therefore does not necessarily need to be understood simply as an attempt to seek protection. Physical contact also gave the dog an opportunity to gather more information about the person beside it while vision was unavailable. However, a single encounter is not enough to create familiarity. For a dog that has spent time wandering, what matters more is the stability of the experiences that follow. While living on the streets, the dog’s surroundings may have changed constantly. The scents, sounds, places and people it encountered would not always have been the same. Once brought into a home, those signals could begin to become more stable. Food and water might appear at familiar times, the scent of its carer would return each day, and the sounds within the house could gradually become familiar parts of its environment. For a dog that cannot see, this stability can be particularly important. It can learn to remember a space through scents, sounds, the sensation beneath its paws and the positions of objects it regularly encounters. Through repeated experiences, a place that was initially unfamiliar can gradually become an environment in which the dog knows how to find its way. Something similar happens as the dog becomes familiar with people. Someone who is initially recognised through scent, voice and physical contact can gradually become a familiar presence when those signals occur consistently in situations that do not cause distress. This is an important part of the process of adaptation. The dog does not need to immediately understand who the person in front of it is or what the new environment will be like. Through repeated experiences, it can gradually learn what tends to happen, which sounds are familiar, which scents are associated with its carer and which areas of the house it can move around with confidence. This ability to adapt can also be seen when the dog interacts with other dogs. Canine communication does not depend solely on eye contact. Scent, sound, distance and physical contact all contribute to social interaction. Therefore, even without vision, a dog can still recognise the presence of another individual and adjust its behaviour according to signals that it can hear, smell or feel. A dog approaching from nearby may be detected through its footsteps or scent before physical contact occurs. If the approach is slow and does not create a sudden reaction, the visually impaired dog has more time to recognise the individual coming towards it. Gentle touches and a consistent distance can also provide additional information that helps the dog adjust its response during the encounter. This shows that losing vision does not mean losing the ability to interact with the social environment. The dog can still recognise the individuals around it, although it may rely more heavily on other sources of information and on experience gained from previous encounters. If we want to help a visually impaired dog adapt to a new life, one of the most important things is to provide an environment that is stable and predictable. First, it is helpful to avoid frequently changing the position of important objects around the home. Food and water bowls, resting areas and places the dog regularly visits should remain in familiar positions whenever possible. When the layout changes very little, the dog can rely on memory alongside its remaining senses to develop its own way of finding its way around. Unexpected obstacles should also be minimised, particularly along routes the dog uses regularly. If furniture needs to be moved or a new object is introduced into its living space, giving the dog time to become familiar with the new arrangement can help reduce the risk of collisions. The way people approach the dog is also important. A dog that cannot see may not know that someone is approaching unless there is a familiar sound or other signal. Calling its name or making a gentle sound before touching it can therefore help the dog realise that someone is nearby rather than being startled by unexpected contact. When taking the dog outdoors, safety requires even greater attention. It cannot use vision to detect changes in its surroundings in the same way as a sighted dog, so it needs appropriate supervision and areas that suit its ability to navigate. At the same time, helping does not mean doing everything for the dog. Once it becomes familiar with its surroundings, it needs opportunities to move around, explore and remember the space in its own way. A stable environment allows it to make active use of its remaining abilities rather than becoming entirely dependent on people. This may be the most important point in the story. A visually impaired dog does not need people to replace everything it has lost. What it needs is an environment in which its remaining senses can be used effectively, important signals remain consistent and people give it enough time to learn how to live in its new surroundings. For the dog that this man brought home, the journey may have begun with something as small as resting its head against him. But for that moment to develop into a stable life, what matters is not simply one act of kindness, but also patience, consistency and an environment suited to the way the dog experiences the world.

Beauty of music and nature 🌺🌺

15,806 views • 19 days ago

🫶【Mechanism Study of the Tesla Optimus Hand Patent】🫶 I built a quick functional mock-up yesterday based on the newly published Tesla Optimus hand patent filings. It looks rough because I wanted to validate the mechanism as quickly as possible, but it is fully functional. What impressed me most is that the interesting part is not just the unusual joint geometry itself. My reading is that the real elegance of this design is in reducing active cable count by using an elastic return / bias element instead of another extensor-side cable, while routing the distal control cable through the proximal joints carefully enough that distal motion remains controllable with reduced unwanted coupling. The rolling-contact style joint also works surprisingly well in practice. What I respect most about these filings is that they do not read like “look at this clever mechanism.” They read like a serious attempt to solve the real problems of a tendon-driven humanoid hand: cable count, routing through multiple joints, manufacturability, and assembly. There is a very strong sense here that the design was pushed not only toward motion, but toward production. This mock-up is simplified for functional reproduction. My prototype uses a single-resin flexure, not the multilayer composite flexible member described in the patent filings, so the extension-side hysteresis is probably not representative of the intended behavior. I also did not fully reproduce the cable-support / control-channel geometry shown in the filings, so some residual inter-joint crosstalk remains in this mock-up. WO2026/080687 A1 WO2026/080690 A1 WO2026/080691 A1 WO2026/080693 A1 WO2026/080701 A1

🫶【Mechanism Study of the Tesla Optimus Hand Patent】🫶 I built a quick functional mock-up yesterday based on the newly published Tesla Optimus hand patent filings. It looks rough because I wanted to validate the mechanism as quickly as possible, but it is fully functional. What impressed me most is that the interesting part is not just the unusual joint geometry itself. My reading is that the real elegance of this design is in reducing active cable count by using an elastic return / bias element instead of another extensor-side cable, while routing the distal control cable through the proximal joints carefully enough that distal motion remains controllable with reduced unwanted coupling. The rolling-contact style joint also works surprisingly well in practice. What I respect most about these filings is that they do not read like “look at this clever mechanism.” They read like a serious attempt to solve the real problems of a tendon-driven humanoid hand: cable count, routing through multiple joints, manufacturability, and assembly. There is a very strong sense here that the design was pushed not only toward motion, but toward production. This mock-up is simplified for functional reproduction. My prototype uses a single-resin flexure, not the multilayer composite flexible member described in the patent filings, so the extension-side hysteresis is probably not representative of the intended behavior. I also did not fully reproduce the cable-support / control-channel geometry shown in the filings, so some residual inter-joint crosstalk remains in this mock-up. WO2026/080687 A1 WO2026/080690 A1 WO2026/080691 A1 WO2026/080693 A1 WO2026/080701 A1

ぷらぎあ

270,453 views • 5 months ago

There is hope. I got on the phone with an insurance medical director to advocate for a 34 year old elementary school teacher who needed breast reconstruction after her mastectomy. She had carefully planned her surgery during summer break so she could return to her students in the fall. But because Redbud Surgery Center remains out of network despite nearly two years of trying to become in network, she was facing thousands of dollars in additional costs. So I made the call. I explained that this wasn't about reimbursement. It wasn't about me. It was about a patient who deserved access to safe, high quality care without unnecessary financial barriers. And something remarkable happened. He listened. He understood why this mattered. He approved an exception for this patient. Then he acknowledged that Redbud Surgery Center being in network would be better for their members. For all the frustration, all the barriers, and all the moments when healthcare feels broken, I want you to know this: There are good people inside the system trying to do the right thing. Healthcare doesn't change through outrage alone. It changes when people are willing to listen, understand, and act. There is hope. And together, we are changing healthcare from the inside out. One patient. One doctor. One decision. One practice. One conversation at a time. My gratitude for the physician who listened and heard me is immense. Now I need your help. If you have Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas insurance, please contact your employer's benefits manager or human resources department and tell them: "I want Redbud Surgery Center in network." Your employer has more influence than you may realize. Insurance companies listen when employers advocate for better access to care for their employees. If you live in Texas, please also contact your state representative, state senator, and the Governor's office and tell them: "I want Redbud Surgery Center in network for the people of Texas." If enough patients, employers, physicians, and Texans speak up, change can happen.

There is hope. I got on the phone with an insurance medical director to advocate for a 34 year old elementary school teacher who needed breast reconstruction after her mastectomy. She had carefully planned her surgery during summer break so she could return to her students in the fall. But because Redbud Surgery Center remains out of network despite nearly two years of trying to become in network, she was facing thousands of dollars in additional costs. So I made the call. I explained that this wasn't about reimbursement. It wasn't about me. It was about a patient who deserved access to safe, high quality care without unnecessary financial barriers. And something remarkable happened. He listened. He understood why this mattered. He approved an exception for this patient. Then he acknowledged that Redbud Surgery Center being in network would be better for their members. For all the frustration, all the barriers, and all the moments when healthcare feels broken, I want you to know this: There are good people inside the system trying to do the right thing. Healthcare doesn't change through outrage alone. It changes when people are willing to listen, understand, and act. There is hope. And together, we are changing healthcare from the inside out. One patient. One doctor. One decision. One practice. One conversation at a time. My gratitude for the physician who listened and heard me is immense. Now I need your help. If you have Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas insurance, please contact your employer's benefits manager or human resources department and tell them: "I want Redbud Surgery Center in network." Your employer has more influence than you may realize. Insurance companies listen when employers advocate for better access to care for their employees. If you live in Texas, please also contact your state representative, state senator, and the Governor's office and tell them: "I want Redbud Surgery Center in network for the people of Texas." If enough patients, employers, physicians, and Texans speak up, change can happen.

Elisabeth Potter MD

31,822 views • 3 months ago

Sora 2 has the capabilities to make an entire anime episode with time and effort. This is a turning point for generative AI models and it is terrifying to think what is next to come. The difference between Sora and Sora 2 is absolutely staggering. Yes, this looks cool. I put the time into it to make it as close to art as possible. This was not simple to make and not just prompting and throwing it in some editor. Every frame is generated of another scene and even the reference image for characters I used to start this project were AI generated. This was all created with 10 second clips pulled apart and chunked out into the final product. Regardless of the imagery you see, I did not directly use any artist's art for this video. This 10-minute video was generated over the course of a week from more than 700 text prompts. It was built on technology trained by scraping the uncredited, uncompensated contributions of countless human artists and animators. The creation of this single video consumed an enormous amount of energy and water, equivalent to powering a home for days and requiring hundreds of liters of fresh water for cooling. But that is nothing. In the 10 minutes you spend watching this, the global network of AI video generators will create over 6,250 more short videos. The combined energy required for that 10 minutes of global creation is enough to power an average household for nearly 2 years. - It's a double-edged sword. While AI uses immense amount of energy has clear immoral issues with scalping the hard work of artists, this also provides those a medium who have potentially spent their life attempting to draw out the ideas in their head and failing to grasp it. My sister is an artist, I grew up always attempting to draw but never could get the image in my head on paper, I've spent the better part of over 20 years to teach myself through watching videos and practice, however I don't have steady hands and frankly have just been unable to make any vision come to life. Which brings me to the conflict here. This would have been a dream of mine to be able to get frames created and flesh out the story in my head. To make this video professionally, it would be an absurd amount of money. A small studio by itself would be over a million dollars just to start up. To hire a studio would be most likely over ~200k. I would love to make this story I have in my head through legit and traditional means, I would love to start a Kickstarter to get funding and hire artists, voice actors, and a production team. However I know that would most likely be an impossible reach that would further fuel the hate. Regardless, I understand the worry this causes. The fear this produces. However, we can't just ignore where AI is currently at and just tell people not to use it or even worse threaten people who use it. People will always use the shiny new toy in front of them, so the real question is how do we either make it work for us and work along side it, or how do we ACTUALLY implement a method to protect art rather than tell people to not use it. Respect your artists. Review their ToS and don't upload their hard work to a model without permission.

Sora 2 has the capabilities to make an entire anime episode with time and effort. This is a turning point for generative AI models and it is terrifying to think what is next to come. The difference between Sora and Sora 2 is absolutely staggering. Yes, this looks cool. I put the time into it to make it as close to art as possible. This was not simple to make and not just prompting and throwing it in some editor. Every frame is generated of another scene and even the reference image for characters I used to start this project were AI generated. This was all created with 10 second clips pulled apart and chunked out into the final product. Regardless of the imagery you see, I did not directly use any artist's art for this video. This 10-minute video was generated over the course of a week from more than 700 text prompts. It was built on technology trained by scraping the uncredited, uncompensated contributions of countless human artists and animators. The creation of this single video consumed an enormous amount of energy and water, equivalent to powering a home for days and requiring hundreds of liters of fresh water for cooling. But that is nothing. In the 10 minutes you spend watching this, the global network of AI video generators will create over 6,250 more short videos. The combined energy required for that 10 minutes of global creation is enough to power an average household for nearly 2 years. - It's a double-edged sword. While AI uses immense amount of energy has clear immoral issues with scalping the hard work of artists, this also provides those a medium who have potentially spent their life attempting to draw out the ideas in their head and failing to grasp it. My sister is an artist, I grew up always attempting to draw but never could get the image in my head on paper, I've spent the better part of over 20 years to teach myself through watching videos and practice, however I don't have steady hands and frankly have just been unable to make any vision come to life. Which brings me to the conflict here. This would have been a dream of mine to be able to get frames created and flesh out the story in my head. To make this video professionally, it would be an absurd amount of money. A small studio by itself would be over a million dollars just to start up. To hire a studio would be most likely over ~200k. I would love to make this story I have in my head through legit and traditional means, I would love to start a Kickstarter to get funding and hire artists, voice actors, and a production team. However I know that would most likely be an impossible reach that would further fuel the hate. Regardless, I understand the worry this causes. The fear this produces. However, we can't just ignore where AI is currently at and just tell people not to use it or even worse threaten people who use it. People will always use the shiny new toy in front of them, so the real question is how do we either make it work for us and work along side it, or how do we ACTUALLY implement a method to protect art rather than tell people to not use it. Respect your artists. Review their ToS and don't upload their hard work to a model without permission.

LUͦʷCͦk

18,632 views • 11 months ago

We continue to ask the public for help a week into our search for Parker. Despite an exhaustive search & ongoing investigative efforts, we continue to be unable to identify Parker’s whereabouts after he was last seen on Thursday, July 16, 2026, at 12:52 p.m. Given Parker’s history of entering structures & locking doors behind him, we are asking anyone aware of vacant properties or homeowners who are away in the following areas to contact police: 🔹Travis Street N.E. 🔹Travis Crescent N.E. 🔹Trelle Drive N.E. 🔹Taylor Crescent N.E. 🔹Travis Place N.E. 🔹Thomas Street N.E. We also continue to ask residents to check their properties, as well as realtors and property managers to ensure vacant properties have been searched. The support from the community has been extraordinary. At the same time, we recognize the emotional toll has grown with each day. Today, Wednesday July 22, 2026, from noon to 6 p.m., our Victim Assistance Support Team (VAST) is at the Thorncliffe Community Hall to provide support to residents: We also recognize that this search has affected Calgarians across the city. If you need support, please call 211 or contact the Calgary Distress Centre. Parker was last seen shirtless, wearing dark shorts & black noise-cancelling headphones. He is 4'11", approximately 90 pounds, with brown hair, a shaved head & brown eyes. Parker is neurodivergent & non-verbal and may become even more scared if confronted by strangers. If Parker is located, members of the public are asked not to approach him. Instead, call 911 immediately. We continue to ask anyone in Thorncliffe who may have CCTV or dashcam footage from Thursday, July 16, 2026, to now, regardless of whether Parker is seen, to submit the footage through the upload link here: Information? ☎️ CPS: 403-266-1234 🛑 Crime Stoppers YYC 📞 Missing Children Society of Canada (MCSC): 1-800-661-6160 | 📲 MCSC rescu: ⚖ Case #: CA26318270 | 3955

We continue to ask the public for help a week into our search for Parker. Despite an exhaustive search & ongoing investigative efforts, we continue to be unable to identify Parker’s whereabouts after he was last seen on Thursday, July 16, 2026, at 12:52 p.m. Given Parker’s history of entering structures & locking doors behind him, we are asking anyone aware of vacant properties or homeowners who are away in the following areas to contact police: 🔹Travis Street N.E. 🔹Travis Crescent N.E. 🔹Trelle Drive N.E. 🔹Taylor Crescent N.E. 🔹Travis Place N.E. 🔹Thomas Street N.E. We also continue to ask residents to check their properties, as well as realtors and property managers to ensure vacant properties have been searched. The support from the community has been extraordinary. At the same time, we recognize the emotional toll has grown with each day. Today, Wednesday July 22, 2026, from noon to 6 p.m., our Victim Assistance Support Team (VAST) is at the Thorncliffe Community Hall to provide support to residents: We also recognize that this search has affected Calgarians across the city. If you need support, please call 211 or contact the Calgary Distress Centre. Parker was last seen shirtless, wearing dark shorts & black noise-cancelling headphones. He is 4'11", approximately 90 pounds, with brown hair, a shaved head & brown eyes. Parker is neurodivergent & non-verbal and may become even more scared if confronted by strangers. If Parker is located, members of the public are asked not to approach him. Instead, call 911 immediately. We continue to ask anyone in Thorncliffe who may have CCTV or dashcam footage from Thursday, July 16, 2026, to now, regardless of whether Parker is seen, to submit the footage through the upload link here: Information? ☎️ CPS: 403-266-1234 🛑 Crime Stoppers YYC 📞 Missing Children Society of Canada (MCSC): 1-800-661-6160 | 📲 MCSC rescu: ⚖ Case #: CA26318270 | 3955

Calgary Police

27,354 views • 1 month ago

"The issue of non-human intelligence...begins to make people question: What is the point of suffering? What is the point of joy? What's the point of our existence?" ~MP Lewis (More FANTASTIC takes by a British politician. Imagine our President speaking like this about Disclosure?) "My constituents have a spirituality that needs to be answered." ~MP Lewis "Who knows what comes next, if anything? Why are we here? These are the kind of questions, these are profound questions that have haunted humanity for millennia. And, I think, you know, I might be a politician, I'm still a human being, and I still have those questions." ~MP Lewis ~ (How would humanity handle a non-human intelligence making open contact with us?) MP Clive Lewis - Clive Lewis MP: "There are two variations, aren't there? You've got the kind of Star Trek First Contact's kind of approach, which is that First Contact unifies humanity in a way that nothing else ever has. And then you have the kind of the response in the expanse, which you're probably aware of, a science fiction television series now, as well as a series of books by Mr. Corey. "And, you know, where it actually brings out the worst in humanity. You know, brings out the worst in us because that fear and the need to kind of take this technology or to take this knowledge and to utilize it to gain an advantage. It brings out the worst in humanity. And, you know, we could go either way. Let's be honest, we don't know. You're an anthropologist, you may have a hotter take than myself. "But as a politician who watches human nature and tries to understand it, I am aware it could go either way. You know, there's no given on this. Maybe, you know, there's a reason why some people think this knowledge is worth having because it's so profound and the implications for us could...who knows what the modeling shows, what it could do to society?" ~ "Whether you're someone who supports MAGA, someone that supports left wing politics, someone that supports the Democrats, the Labour Party, the Conservative Party. We're all human beings, it's our common humanity. And the questions that we ask about our place in the world: What's the point of our existence? Why are we here? What is the point of everything I go through every day? What is the point of suffering? What is the point of joy? What is the point of family, other than, you know, being in the moment and living it? What's the point of our existence? "Anyone who is anything must have asked that question, has asked that question, does ask that question. And I think the issue of non-human intelligence, UAP, the possibility of it really begins to make people question. And maybe, if not give answers, give some more perspective against which we can measure a metric against which we can say, 'Wow, we're not alone. You know, there are others, and they must have completely alien takes on this. Maybe they have insights into this?' "And I think anyone would want to know that. Who knows what comes next, if anything? Why are we here? These are the kind of questions, these are profound questions that have haunted humanity for millennia. And, I think, you know, I might be a politician, I'm still a human being, and I still have those questions. "And as we've been explaining, I have to temper that with my day job, the job of looking out for the material interests of my constituents. But I also know that my constituents have a spirituality that needs to be answered, if you want. And if I can play a small part in that, in unpicking some of that, that's good for me, that's good for them, that's good for the world, and I'm happy to play a small part in that." ("In British media, politics, and daily conversation, to 'unpick' something means to carefully examine its separate parts. It usually implies dismantling a complex concept." ~Cambridge Dictionary)

"The issue of non-human intelligence...begins to make people question: What is the point of suffering? What is the point of joy? What's the point of our existence?" ~MP Lewis (More FANTASTIC takes by a British politician. Imagine our President speaking like this about Disclosure?) "My constituents have a spirituality that needs to be answered." ~MP Lewis "Who knows what comes next, if anything? Why are we here? These are the kind of questions, these are profound questions that have haunted humanity for millennia. And, I think, you know, I might be a politician, I'm still a human being, and I still have those questions." ~MP Lewis ~ (How would humanity handle a non-human intelligence making open contact with us?) MP Clive Lewis - Clive Lewis MP: "There are two variations, aren't there? You've got the kind of Star Trek First Contact's kind of approach, which is that First Contact unifies humanity in a way that nothing else ever has. And then you have the kind of the response in the expanse, which you're probably aware of, a science fiction television series now, as well as a series of books by Mr. Corey. "And, you know, where it actually brings out the worst in humanity. You know, brings out the worst in us because that fear and the need to kind of take this technology or to take this knowledge and to utilize it to gain an advantage. It brings out the worst in humanity. And, you know, we could go either way. Let's be honest, we don't know. You're an anthropologist, you may have a hotter take than myself. "But as a politician who watches human nature and tries to understand it, I am aware it could go either way. You know, there's no given on this. Maybe, you know, there's a reason why some people think this knowledge is worth having because it's so profound and the implications for us could...who knows what the modeling shows, what it could do to society?" ~ "Whether you're someone who supports MAGA, someone that supports left wing politics, someone that supports the Democrats, the Labour Party, the Conservative Party. We're all human beings, it's our common humanity. And the questions that we ask about our place in the world: What's the point of our existence? Why are we here? What is the point of everything I go through every day? What is the point of suffering? What is the point of joy? What is the point of family, other than, you know, being in the moment and living it? What's the point of our existence? "Anyone who is anything must have asked that question, has asked that question, does ask that question. And I think the issue of non-human intelligence, UAP, the possibility of it really begins to make people question. And maybe, if not give answers, give some more perspective against which we can measure a metric against which we can say, 'Wow, we're not alone. You know, there are others, and they must have completely alien takes on this. Maybe they have insights into this?' "And I think anyone would want to know that. Who knows what comes next, if anything? Why are we here? These are the kind of questions, these are profound questions that have haunted humanity for millennia. And, I think, you know, I might be a politician, I'm still a human being, and I still have those questions. "And as we've been explaining, I have to temper that with my day job, the job of looking out for the material interests of my constituents. But I also know that my constituents have a spirituality that needs to be answered, if you want. And if I can play a small part in that, in unpicking some of that, that's good for me, that's good for them, that's good for the world, and I'm happy to play a small part in that." ("In British media, politics, and daily conversation, to 'unpick' something means to carefully examine its separate parts. It usually implies dismantling a complex concept." ~Cambridge Dictionary)

Joe Murgia

22,788 views • 20 days ago

I want to begin by acknowledging the immense time and energy I have poured into this study. It has taken me hundreds of hours to put everything together, as I spent countless days and nights in the depths of research, video production, and writing. I’ve invested thousands of hours crafting the free books I’ve offered to you so far; everything I do is designed not only to share knowledge but to awaken souls, to break the chains of control, and to guide each of you toward the truth that is hidden beneath the surface. I apologize for the delay in bringing this to you; the weight of this work requires deep reflection, profound research, and the careful crafting of every word, every thought. This is not just a post, not just a message; it’s a call to action, a sacred transmission that demands to be heard by every heart still bound by ignorance. I don’t share this for praise, I don’t seek accolades. I only ask that you allow this to stir your soul, that you feel the message within these words; because if you feel it, it will resonate with your very core. Everything that I have created, every video I’ve made, every book I’ve written, is not just knowledge; it’s a frequency, an energy designed to break the barriers that have been built around our minds. This content isn’t just meant to inform; it is meant to awaken, to shatter the programming that has been imposed upon us for generations. And that is why I must ask you, as you read these words, to not just passively consume them. I ask you to feel them. Feel the urgency. Feel the truth. This is not something you can ignore. This is a message for every soul who has been deceived, for every mind that has been conditioned. This is not just a story; it is your story. The story of the human race, fighting for its very survival, its connection to God, its resonance. THE WAR ON RESONANCE is real. It is not just a metaphor. It is happening now, and it is not happening by chance. They have tried to silence us, to steal our essence, to suppress our divine truth through every means possible; through technology, through manipulation, through biological warfare. But here is where they made their fatal mistake: they underestimated the power of memory. They thought they could sever the connection between us and God. They thought they could extinguish the very thing that makes us human; the divine spark that lives in each of us. They thought they could turn us into hollow vessels, devoid of soul. But they are wrong. Because no matter how much they try to manipulate the frequencies, no matter how much they try to program us, there is one thing they cannot erase: our ability to remember who we are. They cannot erase our connection to God, our connection to love, our connection to truth. We are waking up. And when enough of us awaken, their entire system will collapse. Not because we “fight back” in the traditional sense; but because our souls will radiate a frequency so pure, so true, that their control will disintegrate in its presence. It is already happening. But we need your help. We need you to share this message, to carry this truth forward. It is not just a responsibility; it is a divine calling. The more of us who awaken, the more this system will crumble. It is already starting to happen. And that is why I am asking you... no, urging you; to like, share, and follow. Share this message with everyone you know. Let them feel the truth. Let them remember. Because this is bigger than us; it’s about saving humanity, reclaiming our divine birthright, and restoring what has been stolen from us for so long. And when you share it, you are not just sharing information. You are sharing a frequency; a wave of truth that can never be stopped. Every person who reads this, every person who feels it, is another soul who is waking up, another soul who is remembering their connection to God. So I ask you now, with all my heart: Do not let this message die here. Take it, carry it, share it. Because when we all awaken; together... the chains will break, and the truth will reign supreme. This is not the end. It is the beginning. Wake up. Feel God again. Remember who you are. This is our fight, and together, we will win.

I want to begin by acknowledging the immense time and energy I have poured into this study. It has taken me hundreds of hours to put everything together, as I spent countless days and nights in the depths of research, video production, and writing. I’ve invested thousands of hours crafting the free books I’ve offered to you so far; everything I do is designed not only to share knowledge but to awaken souls, to break the chains of control, and to guide each of you toward the truth that is hidden beneath the surface. I apologize for the delay in bringing this to you; the weight of this work requires deep reflection, profound research, and the careful crafting of every word, every thought. This is not just a post, not just a message; it’s a call to action, a sacred transmission that demands to be heard by every heart still bound by ignorance. I don’t share this for praise, I don’t seek accolades. I only ask that you allow this to stir your soul, that you feel the message within these words; because if you feel it, it will resonate with your very core. Everything that I have created, every video I’ve made, every book I’ve written, is not just knowledge; it’s a frequency, an energy designed to break the barriers that have been built around our minds. This content isn’t just meant to inform; it is meant to awaken, to shatter the programming that has been imposed upon us for generations. And that is why I must ask you, as you read these words, to not just passively consume them. I ask you to feel them. Feel the urgency. Feel the truth. This is not something you can ignore. This is a message for every soul who has been deceived, for every mind that has been conditioned. This is not just a story; it is your story. The story of the human race, fighting for its very survival, its connection to God, its resonance. THE WAR ON RESONANCE is real. It is not just a metaphor. It is happening now, and it is not happening by chance. They have tried to silence us, to steal our essence, to suppress our divine truth through every means possible; through technology, through manipulation, through biological warfare. But here is where they made their fatal mistake: they underestimated the power of memory. They thought they could sever the connection between us and God. They thought they could extinguish the very thing that makes us human; the divine spark that lives in each of us. They thought they could turn us into hollow vessels, devoid of soul. But they are wrong. Because no matter how much they try to manipulate the frequencies, no matter how much they try to program us, there is one thing they cannot erase: our ability to remember who we are. They cannot erase our connection to God, our connection to love, our connection to truth. We are waking up. And when enough of us awaken, their entire system will collapse. Not because we “fight back” in the traditional sense; but because our souls will radiate a frequency so pure, so true, that their control will disintegrate in its presence. It is already happening. But we need your help. We need you to share this message, to carry this truth forward. It is not just a responsibility; it is a divine calling. The more of us who awaken, the more this system will crumble. It is already starting to happen. And that is why I am asking you... no, urging you; to like, share, and follow. Share this message with everyone you know. Let them feel the truth. Let them remember. Because this is bigger than us; it’s about saving humanity, reclaiming our divine birthright, and restoring what has been stolen from us for so long. And when you share it, you are not just sharing information. You are sharing a frequency; a wave of truth that can never be stopped. Every person who reads this, every person who feels it, is another soul who is waking up, another soul who is remembering their connection to God. So I ask you now, with all my heart: Do not let this message die here. Take it, carry it, share it. Because when we all awaken; together... the chains will break, and the truth will reign supreme. This is not the end. It is the beginning. Wake up. Feel God again. Remember who you are. This is our fight, and together, we will win.

Noah B. Price

25,791 views • 1 year ago

This is one-shot assembly: you show examples of what to build, and the robot just does it. (see original post: To share more on how this works, the robot is controlled in real time by a neural network that takes in video pixels and outputs 100Hz actions. The video below is part of the raw input passed directly into the model. I also like this view (at 1x speed) because it shows more of the (I think very cool) subtle moments of dexterity near the fingertips 👌 One-shot assembly seemed like a dream even just a year ago — it's not easy. It requires both the high-level reasoning of "what to build" (recognizing the geometry of the structures presented by the human), and the low-level visuomotor control of "how to build it" (purposefully re-orienting individual pieces and nudging them together in place). While possible to manually engineer a complex system for this (e.g. w/ hierarchical control, or explicit state representations), we were curious if our own Foundation model could do it all end-to-end with just some post-training data. Surprisingly, it just worked. Nothing about the recipe is substantially different than any other demo we’ve run in the past, and we’re excited about its implications on model capabilities: • On contextual reasoning, these models can (i) attend to task-related pixels in the peripheral view of the video inputs, and (ii) retain this knowledge in-context while ignoring irrelevant background. This is useful for generalizing to a wide range of real workflows: e.g. paying attention to what’s coming down the conveyor line, or glancing at the instructions displayed on a nearby monitor. • On dexterity, these models can produce contact-rich "commonsense" behaviors that can be difficult to pre-program or write language instructions for e.g. rolling a brick slightly to align its studs against the bottom of another, re-grasping to get a better grip or to move out of the way before a forceful press, or gently pushing the corners of a brick against the mat to rotate it in hand and stand it up vertically (i.e. extrinsic dexterity). These aspects work together to form a capability that resembles fast adaptation — a hallmark of intelligence, relevant for real use cases. This has also expanded my own perspective on what's possible with robot learning, using a recipe that's repeatable for many more skills. This milestone stands on top of the solid technical foundations we’ve built here at Generalist: hardcore controls & hardware, all in-house built models, and a data engine that "just works." We're a small group of hyper-focused engineers, and hands-down the highest talent-density team I’ve ever worked with. We're accelerating and scaling aggressively towards unlocking next-generation robot intelligence. Building Legos is just one example, and it's clear to me that we're headed towards a future where robots can do just about anything we want them to. Its coming, and we're going to make it happen.

This is one-shot assembly: you show examples of what to build, and the robot just does it. (see original post: To share more on how this works, the robot is controlled in real time by a neural network that takes in video pixels and outputs 100Hz actions. The video below is part of the raw input passed directly into the model. I also like this view (at 1x speed) because it shows more of the (I think very cool) subtle moments of dexterity near the fingertips 👌 One-shot assembly seemed like a dream even just a year ago — it's not easy. It requires both the high-level reasoning of "what to build" (recognizing the geometry of the structures presented by the human), and the low-level visuomotor control of "how to build it" (purposefully re-orienting individual pieces and nudging them together in place). While possible to manually engineer a complex system for this (e.g. w/ hierarchical control, or explicit state representations), we were curious if our own Foundation model could do it all end-to-end with just some post-training data. Surprisingly, it just worked. Nothing about the recipe is substantially different than any other demo we’ve run in the past, and we’re excited about its implications on model capabilities: • On contextual reasoning, these models can (i) attend to task-related pixels in the peripheral view of the video inputs, and (ii) retain this knowledge in-context while ignoring irrelevant background. This is useful for generalizing to a wide range of real workflows: e.g. paying attention to what’s coming down the conveyor line, or glancing at the instructions displayed on a nearby monitor. • On dexterity, these models can produce contact-rich "commonsense" behaviors that can be difficult to pre-program or write language instructions for e.g. rolling a brick slightly to align its studs against the bottom of another, re-grasping to get a better grip or to move out of the way before a forceful press, or gently pushing the corners of a brick against the mat to rotate it in hand and stand it up vertically (i.e. extrinsic dexterity). These aspects work together to form a capability that resembles fast adaptation — a hallmark of intelligence, relevant for real use cases. This has also expanded my own perspective on what's possible with robot learning, using a recipe that's repeatable for many more skills. This milestone stands on top of the solid technical foundations we’ve built here at Generalist: hardcore controls & hardware, all in-house built models, and a data engine that "just works." We're a small group of hyper-focused engineers, and hands-down the highest talent-density team I’ve ever worked with. We're accelerating and scaling aggressively towards unlocking next-generation robot intelligence. Building Legos is just one example, and it's clear to me that we're headed towards a future where robots can do just about anything we want them to. Its coming, and we're going to make it happen.

Andy Zeng

49,443 views • 11 months ago