⊲ MIT Technology Review ⊳ Google DeepMind's SIMA 2 is an advanced agent designed to operate within virtual environments, including Goat Simulator 3. It learns to perform complex tasks through trial...
Tag: robotics
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NATO streamlined military training by integrating the Joint Theatre-Level Simulation Global Operations (JTLS-GO), achieving up to 45% drops in planning time and reducing infrastructure overheads....
Filipinos Operate & Train Japan’s Robots
⊲ Rest of World ⊳ In Manila, Filipino tech workers are remotely managing AI-powered robots in Japanese convenience stores. Hired by startups like Astro Robotics, these workers operate machines when...
Simulation Boosts ROV Operator Training
⊲ Newswise ⊳ Researchers at Zhejiang University have developed a digital simulation platform designed for work‑class remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) that combines navigation, motion control and...
Simulated Sound Sharpens Robot Skills
⊲ ⊳ The article presents "Multigen," a framework that integrates generative models into physics-based simulators to enhance multimodal robot learning, particularly in tasks requiring audio...
RoboBallet Turns Code Into Choreography
⊲ Interesting Engineering ⊳ UCL, DeepMind and Intrinsic have unveiled RoboBallet, an AI that synchronises robotic arms using reinforcement learning and graph neural networks. By running countless...
AR Breathes Life into Old Toys
⊲ TechXplore ⊳ Researchers from Scottish universities have developed AZRA, an augmented reality system that overlays expressive features onto older robot toys and pets. Using devices like Meta...
VR Pilots Control Robot Fighters
⊲ Core Memory ⊳ Cix Liv, a VR entrepreneur, has created a robot fight club in a San Francisco warehouse where humanoid bots battle in cages wearing armour and gloves. Pilots steer them with VR...
Towards AI-Generated Interactive Simulation
⊲ The Verge ⊳ Google DeepMind’s Genie 3 creates interactive 3D game-like environments in real time from text prompts. Unlike its predecessor, Genie 2, which allowed only brief interactions, Genie 3...
Latency-Aware Wi-Fi is Coming
⊲ Capacity Media ⊳ Wi‑Fi 8, or IEEE 802.11bn, is being designed to handle the demands of emerging technologies including AR, AI and robotics by prioritising ultra-low latency and responsiveness....
Robots Trained by Humans and Simulation
⊲ Tech Xplore ⊳ MIT’s “PhysicsGen” system from MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) and the Robotics and AI Institute converts a few dozen VR-based demonstrations...
Open Source 3D Engine Advances
⊲ Phoronix ⊳ The Open 3D Foundation (O3DF) has announced the availability of Open 3D Engine (O3DE) 25.05.0. This open-source game and simulation engine, originally derived from Amazon's Lumberyard,...