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Oct 28, 2024 · Combining next-token prediction and video diffusion in computer vision and robotics. A new method can train a neural network to sort corrupted data while anticipating next steps. It can make flexible plans for robots, generate high-quality video, and help AI agents navigate digital environments.
The new wave of robotic automation - MIT News
Jun 16, 2021 · Realtime Robotics has developed a combination of proprietary software and hardware that reduces system deployment time by 70 percent or more, reduces deployment costs by 30 percent or more, and reduces the programming component of building a robotic system in the industrial robot space by upwards of 90 percent. Image courtesy of Realtime Robotics.
Robotics news, features and articles | Live Science
Nov 1, 2024 · Startup Clone Robotics has created an ultra-creepy humanoid torso with artificial muscles that are activated through a battery-powered hydraulic system and covered in ghostly-white "skin." Robotics
A technique for more effective multipurpose robots
Jun 3, 2024 · “We will need all three kinds of data to succeed for robotics: internet data, simulation data, and real robot data. How to combine them effectively will be the million-dollar question. PoCo is a solid step on the right track,” says Jim Fan, senior research scientist at NVIDIA and leader of the AI Agents Initiative, who was not involved with ...
Combining next-token prediction and video diffusion in computer …
Oct 16, 2024 · Their work was supported, in part, by the U.S. National Science Foundation, the Singapore Defence Science and Technology Agency, Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity via the U.S. Department of the Interior, and the Amazon Science Hub. They will present their research at NeurIPS in December.
5 ways that robotics are transforming healthcare - The World …
Sep 18, 2024 · This article is part of: Centre for Health and Healthcare. Cutting-edge technologies can play a huge role in transforming the healthcare sector, says the World Economic Forum’s Global Health and Healthcare report. And the robotic-assisted surgery market is predicted to grow to over $14 billion by 2026, up from just over $10 billion in 2023.
Helping robots zero in on the objects that matter
Sep 30, 2024 · MIT engineers have developed a method that enables robots to make similarly intuitive, task-relevant decisions. The team’s new approach, named Clio, enables a robot to identify the parts of a scene that matter, given the tasks at hand. With Clio, a robot takes in a list of tasks described in natural language and, based on those tasks, it then ...
The rise in automation and what it means for the future
Apr 7, 2021 · Automation drives down costs, improves agility and makes new business models practical, with a potential upside of more than tenfold improvement in efficiency. The elephant in the room, however, remains the immediate association with job replacement and the resulting rise in socio-economic gaps.
A better way to control shape-shifting soft robots
May 10, 2024 · A new machine-learning technique can train and control a reconfigurable soft robot that can dynamically change its shape to complete a task. The researchers, from MIT and elsewhere, also built a simulator that can evaluate control algorithms for …
Footage of Figure 01 making coffee could signal a huge leap in …
Jan 22, 2024 · A new type of robotics. The first piece of the puzzle is that Figure 01 needs to see what it's supposed to be repeating. "Processing information visually lets it recognize important steps and ...