Collecting robot training data is dirty, unglamorous work. Some AI labs are already paying XDOF to do it.

Two weeks ago, OpenAI said it would relaunch the robotics program it shuttered in 2021 — the latest signal that the biggest ...
TweakTown

NVIDIA's AI agents taught robots to install GPUs into motherboards without any human help

Three AI coding agents, including Claude Code and Codex, trained on real hardware, achieving 99% success on tasks like GPU ...

Visual Language Models Train Robots to Read Human Emotions

This article is part of our exclusive IEEE Journal Watch series in partnership with IEEE Xplore. As robots advance in terms ...
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Nvidia Built Robots That Train Themselves Using AI Coding Agents

Nvidia has released ENPIRE, a framework that lets AI coding agents run the full loop of teaching robots new skills with no ...
MIT Technology Review

Ultrasound imaging turns a robot hand into a skillful mimic

By moving their own hand and fingers, users wearing a remote-control wristband can manipulate objects in a virtual ...

First look: This weird wearable device turns human workers into robot data collectors

We got the first look at Instacore, Instawork's wearable camera rig for collecting robot training data.

I let robot-trainers clean my apartment for free. It was unsettling, but I got over it.

I invited cleaners and a chef from the startup Shift into my New York apartment. They worked for free — but recorded the ...
Yahoo

Chinese robot soccer teams train for World Humanoid Robot Games

“This is our first time participating in such a world-class competition in Beijing’s Haidian District, so we’re incredibly excited. We’re excited to be able to compete with team members from all over ...