Yogthos
@yogthos@social.marxist.network  ·  activity timestamp last month

AI controller learns to drive any robot using only one camera and no sensors. After 2–3 h of random wiggling recorded by 12 RGB-D cameras, the system maps visible 3-D points to actuators via a “visuomotor Jacobian field,” letting the robot see itself, predict motion and self-correct like a human learning finger control. Cheap, sensor-free and occlusion-robust, it outperforms 2-D camera baselines and works for novel architectures without retraining.

https://github.com/sizhe-li/neural-jacobian-field

#technology #robotics
jbz
@jbz@indieweb.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

🐝 Chinese Scientists Create Cyborg Bees That Can Be Controlled Like Drones for Undercover Military Missions

｢ the controller pierces the bee's tiny brain with three needles and uses signals sent via electronic pulses to make it fly forwards, backwards, left, or right.

According to the reporting, the bee obeyed these commands nine out of ten times ｣

https://futurism.com/the-byte/chinese-scientists-cyborg-bees

#robotics #drones #china
Yogthos
@yogthos@social.marxist.network  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

China leads in embodied AI and robotics, developing diverse applications from industrial automation to humanoids. This boom is fueled by strong government support and significant investment, giving China 70% of the global market and boosting job growth. The sector is poised for a flood of new, competitively priced products, fundamentally reshaping industries and daily life.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCepN2IG97w

#china #technology #robotics #ai
Mark Wyner Won’t Comply :vm:
@markwyner@mas.to  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

Need a quick laugh to distract you from the horrors of the world? Just for a minute? I got you.

I tried to find out who made this. I failed. If someone knows, please let me know so I can update with a name and/or link.

(Update: @picture_of_the_day found the source: https://sts-3d.com/ 🙌🏻)

#Design#Engineering#Products#Robotics#AI#Humor#Funny

A dishwasher completely obliterating dishes. The first shot shows a stack of dishes on the open door. The motor sound is the agitator spinning with water flowing onto it. The door slams shut and all of the dishes explode inside the machine. The unit is free-standing on two robotic legs that make it hop up and down. The door keeps opening and closing, and the cameras switch from outside studio shots to inside the washer itself. During the distorted audio, dishes are being smashed to pieces. During the segment about the automatic door actuation, the washer is still running while the door opens. Many dishes are catapulted out of the machine, while some others bounce around inside, caught up in the agitator and rack. During the segment about the project being under development, an array of forks are shown, lined up on a table, completely bent up and distorted. At the end, two men are physically testing the machine. One is sitting on top of the machine while it bounces, and then they are testing its structure by pounding on its shell.
A dishwasher completely obliterating dishes. The first shot shows a stack of dishes on the open door. The motor sound is the agitator spinning with water flowing onto it. The door slams shut and all of the dishes explode inside the machine. The unit is free-standing on two robotic legs that make it hop up and down. The door keeps opening and closing, and the cameras switch from outside studio shots to inside the washer itself. During the distorted audio, dishes are being smashed to pieces. During the segment about the automatic door actuation, the washer is still running while the door opens. Many dishes are catapulted out of the machine, while some others bounce around inside, caught up in the agitator and rack. During the segment about the project being under development, an array of forks are shown, lined up on a table, completely bent up and distorted. At the end, two men are physically testing the machine. One is sitting on top of the machine while it bounces, and then they are testing its structure by pounding on its shell.
Mark Wyner Won’t Comply :vm:
@markwyner@mas.to  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

Need a quick laugh to distract you from the horrors of the world? Just for a minute? I got you.

I tried to find out who made this. I failed. If someone knows, please let me know so I can update with a name and/or link.

(Update: @picture_of_the_day found the source: https://sts-3d.com/ 🙌🏻)

#Design#Engineering#Products#Robotics#AI#Humor#Funny

A dishwasher completely obliterating dishes. The first shot shows a stack of dishes on the open door. The motor sound is the agitator spinning with water flowing onto it. The door slams shut and all of the dishes explode inside the machine. The unit is free-standing on two robotic legs that make it hop up and down. The door keeps opening and closing, and the cameras switch from outside studio shots to inside the washer itself. During the distorted audio, dishes are being smashed to pieces. During the segment about the automatic door actuation, the washer is still running while the door opens. Many dishes are catapulted out of the machine, while some others bounce around inside, caught up in the agitator and rack. During the segment about the project being under development, an array of forks are shown, lined up on a table, completely bent up and distorted. At the end, two men are physically testing the machine. One is sitting on top of the machine while it bounces, and then they are testing its structure by pounding on its shell.
A dishwasher completely obliterating dishes. The first shot shows a stack of dishes on the open door. The motor sound is the agitator spinning with water flowing onto it. The door slams shut and all of the dishes explode inside the machine. The unit is free-standing on two robotic legs that make it hop up and down. The door keeps opening and closing, and the cameras switch from outside studio shots to inside the washer itself. During the distorted audio, dishes are being smashed to pieces. During the segment about the automatic door actuation, the washer is still running while the door opens. Many dishes are catapulted out of the machine, while some others bounce around inside, caught up in the agitator and rack. During the segment about the project being under development, an array of forks are shown, lined up on a table, completely bent up and distorted. At the end, two men are physically testing the machine. One is sitting on top of the machine while it bounces, and then they are testing its structure by pounding on its shell.