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SUMMARY:Foundational Models
DESCRIPTION:LV Robotics: Foundation Models Are Changing How We Build Robots \nAbout This Event\nFor most of robotics history\, intelligent automation was built forward: Task → Program → Robot → Action.\nWhenever a robot needed to perform a new task\, engineers had to write new code\, gather fresh demonstrations\, retrain the architecture\, and perform painstaking real-world tests. Today\, that paradigm is shifting dramatically.\nA new generation of robot foundation models\, Vision-Language-Action (VLA) models\, and world models is decoupling physical intelligence from specific tasks—and even from specific hardware embodiments. \nBreakthroughs We’ll Explore\n\nGoogle DeepMind’s Gemini Robotics 2: Leveraging unified models across diverse robot embodiments and rapidly adapting to unencountered physical platforms.\nStanford’s SimToolReal: Achieving zero-shot transfer of complex\, dexterous tool manipulation directly from simulation to real-world environments.\nPhysical Intelligence’s π0.7: Demonstrating robust zero-shot cross-embodiment generalization and immediate performance on novel tasks.\nOS3: Pretraining physical intelligence across 150\,000 hours of video content spanning over 2\,000 distinct tasks.\nMoving Atoms: Building action-conditioned world models that enable robots to generate and learn from synthetic physical experience on GPUs.\nShiraz AI: Developing foundation models that translate human video demonstrations into actionable robot behaviors across embodiment gaps.\n\nFrom Forward to Reverse Inference\nWe are moving away from traditional forward inference (Job → Training → Model → Action) toward reverse inference: evaluating a model’s foundational physical capabilities to instantly infer what jobs a given robot can perform.\nThis transition unlocks powerful possibilities: \n\nSimulation becomes a primary source of experience.\nHuman video acts as scalable training data.\nSkills become highly transferable across interchangeable hardware bodies.\n\nKey Discussion Topics\n\nWhat defines a true robot foundation model vs. standard VLA?\nHow close are we to seamless\, zero-shot sim-to-real transfer?\nCan a single universal model effectively control disparate robotic hardware?\nAre we reaching the point where robots infer tasks simply by observing the world?\n\nJoin the Conversation!\nWhether you are a roboticist\, AI researcher\, hardware engineer\, or tech enthusiast\, join us for an engaging discussion on one of the most critical evolutions in modern robotics!\nRSVP now to reserve your spot and connect with the LV Robotics community.
URL:https://tech.hunter12.com/event/foundational-models/
LOCATION:Pololu Robotics and Electronics\, 920 Pilot Rd\, Las Vegas\, NV\, US
CATEGORIES:Technology
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SUMMARY:Lunar Robots
DESCRIPTION:Hello LV Robotics community! \nWell\, looks like we’re going to the moon again\, this time with robots. NASA is sending three autonomous mobile robots to the moon where they’ll have to work as a team under challenging conditions. NASA is gearing up to not only return people to the moon\, but establish a long-term presence there\, the time seems ripe to see just how helpful autonomous mobile robots could be on the moon’s surface. \nSo\, how does NASA plan to achieve this? For our next event we will hopefully answer this question with the help of Michael Laine\, founder of LiftPort. LiftPort Group was founded on the idea that an Elevator to Space could – and should – be built commercially. \nBelieve me\, this sounds crazy but it’s not. The concept of space elevators has been around for decades with an early versions tested by various government labs. Why space elevators? The primary aim is to significantly reduce the cost of moving people and equipment to orbit\, potentially making space travel routine. \nAn Earth-based space elevator would consist of a cable with one end attached to the surface near the equator and the other end attached to a counterweight in space beyond geostationary orbit (35\,786 km altitude). The competing forces of gravity\, which is stronger at the lower end\, and the upward centrifugal pseudo-force (it is actually the inertia of the counterweight that creates the tension on the space side)\, which is stronger at the upper end\, would result in the cable being held up\, under tension\, and stationary over a single position on Earth. \nSo join us for our next meetup to discuss space elevators and the potential for robots on the moon using a space elevator for transportation. And yes\, there are plans to build a community of over 1000 people on the moon so they will need space elevators and robots to accomplish the mission. \nAlso– special guest speaker Tommy Laplante. Tommy supplies robots to Station Casinos\, Caesars\, MGM\, Wynn and others. Tommy knows the ins and outs of the Las Vegas strip and what hoteliers are looking for– and how many robots are currently deployed in field. Tommy is the former CIO of Top Golf\, Director of IT for Harrah’s Entertainment and Caesars Casino. He helped launch cleaning robots on the strip and now operates Star Support\, a robot distribution and service company. I just visited Tommy’s offices where he was help HYTRON show their bathroom cleaning robots to a group of casino executives who showed strong interest in the robot. \nWhether you have plans for space or terrestrial deployments you do not want to miss this event. Both Tommy and Michael have a lot of stories to tell and key insights to share. \nWe are holding the next event at Pololu (thank you Jan!) so get your popcorn ready\, this is going to be interesting. \nLook forward to seeing everyone. \nRobot regards\,\nBob & Darius\nLV Robotics
URL:https://tech.hunter12.com/event/lunar-robots/
LOCATION:Pololu Robotics and Electronics\, 920 Pilot Rd\, Las Vegas\, NV\, US
CATEGORIES:Technology
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