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Teaching robots to work smoothly with humans! ๐Ÿ‘€ Soon enough, a robot will be standing in the garage holding a flashlight for your dad, and doing a better job of it than you ever did. ๐Ÿ”ฆ Carnegie Mellon University and The University of Texas at Arlington researchers introduced HALO,...

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These guys trained a robot with water bottles, and the robot learned to pick up other objects it had never practiced on. They did this using reinforcement learning: 1. The robot had to pick a bottle out of a messy tote 2. Then it had to hand the bottle to a person 3. Only water bottles. Nothing else. After they finished training, they tested the robot on different objects: โ€ข On bottles, the success went from 80% to 98% โ€ข On snack cans, the robot's throughput rose 40% โ€ข On soft bags, the robot's performance improved by 13% even though they're deformable and much harder to handle than rigid objects. Snack cans and soft bags have different shapes and weights, and the robot was never trained on them. This was just one of three use cases they tested. Every hour we spend teaching a robot costs a ton of money. If they only get better at handling the one object they practice on, reinforcement learning will never be worth doing. But if the gains carry over, we could focus on teaching the hardest possible tasks and let the robot apply that knowledge elsewhere. Here is the full write-up by Humanoid on the infrastructure they used and what they learned: #ad

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Robot dog learned dexterity! ๐Ÿคฏ Robots usually struggle to move and handle objects at the same time, a challenge called loco-manipulation. Researchers at the RAI Institute have developed a new system called ReLIC that makes this easier. Instead of giving robots fixed roles for arms and legs, ReLIC lets them switch roles on the fly, for example, using a leg to help lift something while balancing on the others. This approach is more natural, similar to how humans use different body parts together without thinking about it. ReLIC was tested on a four-legged robot, which successfully performed tasks like moving boxes, opening drawers, and placing items into containers.

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19,743 views โ€ข 10 months ago

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Robots might learn better from video than from language! ๐Ÿ“ผ Most Vision-Language-Action (VLA) models learn what to do from text, but still struggle with how things move in the real world. That makes them data-hungry and slow to train. mimic video takes a different route. Instead of grounding robot control in text, it grounds it in video, using large pre-trained video models that already capture physical motion and dynamics. The idea is straightforward: let the video model handle โ€œwhat will happen next,โ€ and let a smaller control model focus only on turning that visual plan into robot actions. The result is big gains in practice. Robots trained this way need 10ร— less data, converge twice as fast, and perform better on both simulated benchmarks and real bimanual manipulation tasks. If robots can โ€œimagineโ€ motion using video, control becomes a much simpler problem. Shoutout to Jonas Pai, Liam Achenbach, Oier Mees, Elvis Nava and the rest of the team! Here's the project page: ~~ โ™ป๏ธ Join the weekly robotics newsletter, and never miss any news โ†’

Lukas Ziegler

50,063 views โ€ข 7 months ago

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In order for robots to be deployed in the real world, performing tasks of real value, they must be reliable. Unfortunately, even more, most robotic demos work maybe 70-80% of the time at best. The way to get better reliability is to do real-world reinforcement learning: having the robot teach itself how to perform the task up to a high level of success. The key to doing this is to start with a core of expert human data, use that to train a policy then iteratively improve it, until finally finishing with on-policy reinforcement learning. Kun Lei talks through a unified framework for imitation and reinforcement learning based on PPO, which enables this improvement process. In this episode, Kun Lei explains the theory behind his reinforcement learning method and how it allowed his robot to run in a shopping mall juicing oranges for seven hours at a time, among experiments on a wide variety of tasks and embodiments. Watch episode 58 of RoboPapers now, hosted by Michael Cho - Rbt/Acc and Chris Paxton!

RoboPapers

18,813 views โ€ข 7 months ago

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This work makes a humanoid robot do simple parkour moves by looking with a depth camera and choosing the right move on the fly. The big deal is that it turns lots of small human moves into long, real-time robot behavior, without hand-coding every transition or retraining for each new course. A humanoid robot is usually good at steady walking, but it often fails when it has to do fast moves like jumping up, vaulting, or rolling, and then keep going to the next obstacle. The hard part is that you cannot easily collect training data for every possible obstacle shape, distance, and mistake, so robots end up learning a few moves that only work in a narrow setup. This work starts from short clips of real human parkour moves, like stepping over, vaulting, climbing, and rolling. It uses motion matching, which is basically a smart โ€œpick the next clip that fits best right nowโ€ search, to stitch those short clips into a long, smooth plan that looks like a human doing a whole course. Then it trains a controller with reinforcement learning (RL), which means the robot learns by trial and error to copy that plan while staying balanced and not falling. After training separate expert controllers for different moves, it compresses them into 1 controller that uses only onboard depth sensing and a simple โ€œgo this fast in this directionโ€ command. In real tests on a Unitree G1 humanoid, it can clear multiple obstacles in a row, adapt when obstacles get moved, and climb a wall up to 1.25m.

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37,121 views โ€ข 5 months ago

Humanoid robots are cool. But most of them arenโ€™t ready for real-world work. X-Humanoid just launched Embodied Tien Kung 3.0 - a full-size humanoid robot built to actually operate in industrial and commercial environments. What makes it different? โ€ข Strong, high-torque joints for heavy tasks โ€ข Can move dynamically and stay stable โ€ข Handles complex motions (even over obstacles) โ€ข Millimeter-level precision for detailed work It runs on the Wise KaiWu AI platform, which allows the robot to see, think, and act in a continuous loop with less human control and support for multi-robot collaboration. It also supports ROS2, MQTT, and TCP/IP, and offers more open hardware + software interfaces to make development easier for teams. The goal is simple: make humanoid robots practical, easier to build on, and ready for real-world use. Visit: Check out the official launch video below to see what it can do! ๐Ÿ‘‡ #Robotics #HumanoidRobot #AI
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Humanoid robots are cool. But most of them arenโ€™t ready for real-world work. X-Humanoid just launched Embodied Tien Kung 3.0 - a full-size humanoid robot built to actually operate in industrial and commercial environments. What makes it different? โ€ข Strong, high-torque joints for heavy tasks โ€ข Can move dynamically and stay stable โ€ข Handles complex motions (even over obstacles) โ€ข Millimeter-level precision for detailed work It runs on the Wise KaiWu AI platform, which allows the robot to see, think, and act in a continuous loop with less human control and support for multi-robot collaboration. It also supports ROS2, MQTT, and TCP/IP, and offers more open hardware + software interfaces to make development easier for teams. The goal is simple: make humanoid robots practical, easier to build on, and ready for real-world use. Visit: Check out the official launch video below to see what it can do! ๐Ÿ‘‡ #Robotics #HumanoidRobot #AI

Chidanand Tripathi

69,604 views โ€ข 5 months ago

Robotics is entering the mainstream! ๐Ÿ‘€ Let's accept this fact. Consumptionism โ€“ stonks. Possibilities (HW + SW) โ€“ stonks. Demographics - not stonks. Modern robots are often designed to interact with our legacy world, whether it's a household, a factory, or a shipyard. That means they often need to work with existing machines, tools, and spaces. In short: retrofitting. Improving old machines with new technologies without major interference in their operation. Modern way of integrating things. You don't have to change the entire environment to deploy a robot. The robot will adapt, just as human would when freshly hired. The promise is to have an army of robots to help with the world designed for us. I also believe that general purpose robots, are not a direct competition for single purpose machines (like a highly efficient specialized packaging machine, for example). It's like adding a robot to this carriage. Specialized machine could be a car ;) ~~ โ™ป๏ธ Join the weekly robotics newsletter, and never miss any news โ†’
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Robotics is entering the mainstream! ๐Ÿ‘€ Let's accept this fact. Consumptionism โ€“ stonks. Possibilities (HW + SW) โ€“ stonks. Demographics - not stonks. Modern robots are often designed to interact with our legacy world, whether it's a household, a factory, or a shipyard. That means they often need to work with existing machines, tools, and spaces. In short: retrofitting. Improving old machines with new technologies without major interference in their operation. Modern way of integrating things. You don't have to change the entire environment to deploy a robot. The robot will adapt, just as human would when freshly hired. The promise is to have an army of robots to help with the world designed for us. I also believe that general purpose robots, are not a direct competition for single purpose machines (like a highly efficient specialized packaging machine, for example). It's like adding a robot to this carriage. Specialized machine could be a car ;) ~~ โ™ป๏ธ Join the weekly robotics newsletter, and never miss any news โ†’

Lukas Ziegler

14,396 views โ€ข 6 months ago

All right, who wants a robot worm? ๐Ÿชฑ Researchers at Case Western Reserve University developed a robot inspired by earthworms. Worms move by using wave-like muscle contractions called peristalsis. This version of the worm-inspired robot has a flexible outer mesh that can continuously change shape. Using this mesh, the robot's fixed parts can move smoothly between each other, providing power and control. This project is referred to as a "soft hyper-redundant robot," due to its highly flexible nature and ability to adapt to various environments. This design could prove useful in scenarios where traditional rigid robots struggle, such as navigating tight spaces or uneven terrain. Please let me know what your thoughts are! ๐Ÿ‘€ ๐Ÿ”” Hit the bell on my profile to never miss a robot story!
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All right, who wants a robot worm? ๐Ÿชฑ Researchers at Case Western Reserve University developed a robot inspired by earthworms. Worms move by using wave-like muscle contractions called peristalsis. This version of the worm-inspired robot has a flexible outer mesh that can continuously change shape. Using this mesh, the robot's fixed parts can move smoothly between each other, providing power and control. This project is referred to as a "soft hyper-redundant robot," due to its highly flexible nature and ability to adapt to various environments. This design could prove useful in scenarios where traditional rigid robots struggle, such as navigating tight spaces or uneven terrain. Please let me know what your thoughts are! ๐Ÿ‘€ ๐Ÿ”” Hit the bell on my profile to never miss a robot story!

Lukas Ziegler

24,755 views โ€ข 1 year ago

Robots with tentacles! ๐Ÿ™ SpiRobs are soft robots inspired by nature, designed in the shape of a logarithmic spiral. They mimic the flexible movements of octopus arms and elephant trunks to grasp objects. ๐Ÿ˜ SpiRobs use simple cables to move, making them easy to control and operate. They can scale from small to large sizes, ranging from centimeters to meters. The robots can adapt to different object shapes, improving their grasping ability. A mini version can act as a tiny gripper, while a large version can be mounted on drones. Interestingly, multiple robots can work together to wrap around and hold large objects. That's just out of this world! ๐Ÿ˜ฎโ€๐Ÿ’จ ~~ โ™ป๏ธ Join the weekly robotics newsletter, and never miss any news โ†’
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Robots with tentacles! ๐Ÿ™ SpiRobs are soft robots inspired by nature, designed in the shape of a logarithmic spiral. They mimic the flexible movements of octopus arms and elephant trunks to grasp objects. ๐Ÿ˜ SpiRobs use simple cables to move, making them easy to control and operate. They can scale from small to large sizes, ranging from centimeters to meters. The robots can adapt to different object shapes, improving their grasping ability. A mini version can act as a tiny gripper, while a large version can be mounted on drones. Interestingly, multiple robots can work together to wrap around and hold large objects. That's just out of this world! ๐Ÿ˜ฎโ€๐Ÿ’จ ~~ โ™ป๏ธ Join the weekly robotics newsletter, and never miss any news โ†’

Lukas Ziegler

121,386 views โ€ข 7 months ago

What if robots could learn real-world tasks from your perspectiveโ€ฆ without ever touching a robot? This is a system that trains robot policies using nothing but human-first, egocentric video data from smart glasses. No robots, no teleop, no sensors, just humans doing real tasks in the real world. Why it matters โœ… Learns robot policies from 20 minutes of human video; zero robot demos โœ… Generalizes to new objects, views, and even robot morphologies โœ… Uses 3D points for interpretable, spatially grounded learning โœ… Deploys directly to real-world robots with strong zero-shot success Thank you, Vincent Liu, for sharing!!! Learn more here: ๐Ÿ”— Paper: ๐ŸŒ Website: ๐Ÿ“ BOOKMARK FOR LATER
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What if robots could learn real-world tasks from your perspectiveโ€ฆ without ever touching a robot? This is a system that trains robot policies using nothing but human-first, egocentric video data from smart glasses. No robots, no teleop, no sensors, just humans doing real tasks in the real world. Why it matters โœ… Learns robot policies from 20 minutes of human video; zero robot demos โœ… Generalizes to new objects, views, and even robot morphologies โœ… Uses 3D points for interpretable, spatially grounded learning โœ… Deploys directly to real-world robots with strong zero-shot success Thank you, Vincent Liu, for sharing!!! Learn more here: ๐Ÿ”— Paper: ๐ŸŒ Website: ๐Ÿ“ BOOKMARK FOR LATER

Ilir Aliu - eu/acc

10,509 views โ€ข 1 year ago