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Robotics - Industry Updates

, 10 items in AI and Robotics Applications, 5 min read

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Modulr, a robotics company, has entered a slower phase of development. All employees, including the founder, have been released from their roles and will pursue employment elsewhere.

Key points

• Modulr is slowing down its development phase. • All employees, including the founder, have been released from their roles. • The company will continue to trade and allow the community to participate in the project.

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Modulr has deliberately left liquidity in the market to allow the project to continue trading and for the community to participate.

Key points

• Modulr has left liquidity in the market. • The company chose not to remove all liquidity. • The remaining liquidity allows the project to continue trading.

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Modulr's founder expressed gratitude to those who supported the company, built with them, tested with them, created content, held MDR, challenged them, or believed in the technology.

Key points

• Modulr's founder expressed gratitude to supporters. • The company is not the outcome they wanted. • The technology is not the end.

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Galbot, a China-based company, has opened preorders for their ET1 humanoid robot on JDcom. The 1.23 m, 30 kg biped secured over 200 orders in the first 24 hours.

Key points

• Galbot has opened preorders for the ET1 humanoid robot. • The robot is 1.23 m tall and weighs 30 kg. • The robot secured over 200 orders in the first 24 hours.

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A user shared a heartwarming story about their robot, Lucky, and their Croatian parents learning lullabies to sing to the robot.

Key points

• A user shared a story about their robot, Lucky. • The user's Croatian parents learned lullabies to sing to the robot. • The robot lights up every time it hears the lullabies.

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Wandercraft, a company, has secured 12 clients for their Calvin-40 humanoid robot in real-world conditions.

Key points

• Wandercraft has secured 12 clients for the Calvin-40 robot. • The clients are in various industries, including automobile, retail, and healthcare. • The robot is being used in real-world conditions.

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A user shared a problem with their FastH3 accel lora, which causes the turntable to jitter.

Key points

• The user is experiencing a problem with their FastH3 accel lora. • The problem causes the turntable to jitter. • The user suggests using PDD lora for an accelerated gen speed.

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REK is building a new form of robot combat where real humanoid robots go head-to-head in physical combat.

Key points

• REK is building a new form of robot combat. • The combat involves real humanoid robots. • The robots are controlled remotely by human pilots.

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A user is working on online rl with prior demonstrations and is resetting their brain to do experiments in peace.

Key points

• The user is working on online rl with prior demonstrations. • The user is resetting their brain to do experiments in peace. • The user will write up on sample efficient learning next week.

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VI3: Grounding Pretrained 3D Foundation Models with Inertial Cues is a research paper that explores the use of inertial cues to improve the performance of pretrained 3D foundation models.

Key points

• The paper explores the use of inertial cues to improve 3D foundation models. • The models are pretrained and then fine-tuned with inertial cues. • The paper presents a new method for grounding pretrained 3D foundation models.

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