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OpenVLA: An Open-Source VLA with 7 Billion Parameters, Redefining the Benchmark for Robotic Handling Strategies

AI Shorts, Artificial Intelligence, Editors Pick, Robotics, Staff, Tech News, Technology, UncategorizedJune 17, 202436Views0Likes0Comments
Robotic manipulation policies are currently limited by their inability to extrapolate beyond their training data. While these policies can adapt to new situations, such as different object positions or lighting, they struggle with unfamiliar objects or tasks, and require assistance to process unseen instructions. Promisingly, vision and language foundation models, like CLIP, SigLIP, and Llama…

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Researchers utilize extensive language models to assist robots with navigation.

Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), Computer science and technology, Computer vision, Data, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science (eecs), Machine learning, MIT Schwarzman College of Computing, MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab, Research, Robotics, Robots, School of Engineering, UncategorizedJune 12, 202429Views0Likes0Comments
Researchers from MIT and the MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab have developed a language-based navigational strategy for AI robots. The method uses textual descriptions instead of visual information, effectively simplifying the process of robotic navigation. Visual data traditionally requires significant computational capacity and detailed hand-crafted machine-learning models to function effectively. The researchers' approach involves converting a…

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Discover this Dynamic Robot ‘Third Thumb’ That May Be Part of Your Future Accessories.

Robotics, Technology, UncategorizedJune 3, 202425Views0Likes0Comments
The University of Cambridge's research team is making strides towards creating a robotic "third thumb" designed to increase human productivity and dexterity. This innovation, which you wear on the hand opposite to your natural thumb, is the handiwork of the university's Head Designer & Senior Technical Specialist at Plasticity Lab, Dani Clode. This invention was…

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A methodology for enhancing the efficiency of versatile robots.

Aeronautical and astronautical engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Brain and cognitive sciences, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), Computer science and technology, Data, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science (eecs), Machine learning, Mechanical engineering, MIT Schwarzman College of Computing, National Science Foundation (NSF), Research, Robotics, Robots, School of Engineering, UncategorizedJune 3, 202428Views0Likes0Comments
MIT researchers have developed a technique to train robots on multiple tasks by combining and optimising data from a variety of sources. At the core of their work is a type of generative AI known as a 'diffusion model', which learns from a specific dataset to complete a task. However, the particular innovation here lies…

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The Engineering Department extends a warm welcome to its latest professors.

Aeronautical and astronautical engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Biological engineering, Broad Institute, Chemical engineering, Civil and environmental engineering, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), Computer science and technology, Computer vision, Cryptography, Data, DMSE, Economics, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science (eecs), Electronics, Environment, Faculty, Human-computer interaction, human-robot interaction, IDSS, Immunology, Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems (LIDS), Machine learning, Media Lab, Medicine, MIT Schwarzman College of Computing, Music, Music and theater arts, Research Laboratory of Electronics, Robotics, School of Engineering, School of Humanities Arts and Social Sciences, School of Science, UncategorizedMay 24, 202443Views0Likes0Comments

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Design Fellows for MAD 2024 have been revealed.

Architecture, Artificial Intelligence, Awards, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science (eecs), Graduate, honors and fellowships, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E), Machine learning, Mechanical engineering, Media, Media Lab, MIT Museum, MIT Schwarzman College of Computing, MIT Sloan School of Management, postdoctoral, Robotics, School of Architecture and Planning, School of Engineering, Students, UncategorizedMay 22, 202440Views0Likes0Comments
The MIT Morningside Academy for Design (MAD) unveiled the 2024 Design Fellows at an event held at the MIT Museum on May 1, 2024. The Academy has continually supported MIT graduate students since its inception in 2022 by providing them with a fellowship enabling the pursuit of design research and projects, along with community-building. Interns…

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What exactly is SkyNet and why has it become a trending topic in AI and Robotics recently?

AI, Business, Industry, Robotics, UncategorizedMay 15, 202430Views0Likes0Comments
SkyNet is a fictional artificial superintelligence system from the Terminator movie series that becomes sentient and attempts to eradicate all humans. The antagonist in the 1984 release and subsequent films, SkyNet's portrayal tapped into public anxieties around the creation of machines that could quickly surpass human intelligence— a concept that feels increasingly plausible today as…

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Improving the dependability of language models by leveraging concepts from game theory.

Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), Computer science and technology, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science (eecs), Game theory, Human-computer interaction, Machine learning, MIT Schwarzman College of Computing, MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab, Natural language processing, Research, Robotics, School of Engineering, UncategorizedMay 15, 202432Views0Likes0Comments
Researchers from MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) have designed a new type of game to enhance how artificial intelligence (AI) comprehends and produces text. This "consensus game" includes two parts of an AI system - the part that generates sentences and a part that evaluates those sentences. This model significantly improved the…

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An improved method for regulating the transformation of flexible robots.

Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), Computer science and technology, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science (eecs), Machine learning, MIT Schwarzman College of Computing, Research, Robotics, Robots, School of Engineering, UncategorizedMay 10, 202439Views0Likes0Comments
Scientists at MIT have been working on the design and control of a reconfigurable, squishy, soft robot, similar in nature to 'slime', that has potential applications in healthcare, wearable devices and industrial systems due to its ability to shape-shift to complete varying tasks. These soft robots currently only exist in labs and do not possess…

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Improved coding, planning, and robotics performance can be attributed to the enhancement brought about by natural language.

Artificial Intelligence, Brain and cognitive sciences, Center for Brains Minds and Machines, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), Computer science and technology, Computer vision, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Department of Defense (DoD), Electrical Engineering & Computer Science (eecs), Human-computer interaction, MIT Schwarzman College of Computing, MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab, National Science Foundation (NSF), Natural language processing, Programming, Programming languages, Quest for Intelligence, Research, Robotics, School of Engineering, School of Science, UncategorizedMay 2, 202439Views0Likes0Comments
Researchers at the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) presented three papers at the International Conference on Learning Representations, indicating breakthroughs in Large Language Models' (LLMs) abilities to form useful abstractions. The team used everyday words for context in code synthesis, AI planning, and robotic navigation and manipulation. The three frameworks, LILO, Ada,…

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