Seminar
Is Data All You Need?: Large Robot Action Models and Good Old Fashioned Engineering
Abstract: Enthusiasm has been skyrocketing for humanoids based on recent advances in "end-to-end" large robot action models. Initial results are promising, and several collaborative efforts are underway to collect the needed demonstration data. But is data really all you need? Although end-to-end Large Vision, Language, Action (VLA) Models have potential to generalize and reliably solve [...]
The New Era of Video Generation
Abstract: Traditional video production is slow, expensive, and requires specialized skills. Founded by CMU alumni, HeyGen is an AI-native video platform designed to revolutionize the video creation process by making visual storytelling accessible to all. We've successfully grown to more than 20M users, and tens of millions revenue in less than one year, with recognition [...]
RI Seminar with Nima Fazeli
RI Seminar with Nikolay Atanasov
Physical Intelligence and Cognitive Biases Toward AI
Abstract: When will robots be able to clean my house, dishes, and take care of laundry? While we source labor primarily from automated machines in factories, the penetration of physical robots in our daily lives has been slow. What are the challenges in realizing these intelligent machines capable of human level skill? Isn’t AI advanced [...]
