RI Seminar
Ken Goldberg
Professor
Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences, University of California, Berkeley

Is Data All You Need?: Large Robot Action Models and Good Old Fashioned Engineering

1403 Tepper School Building

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 [...]

RI Seminar
Nima Fazeli
Assistant Professor
Robotics and Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan

Sensing the Unseen: Dexterous Tool Manipulation Through Touch and Vision

1403 Tepper School Building

Abstract: Dexterous tool manipulation is a dance between tool motion, deformation, and force transmission choreographed by the robot's end-effector. Take for example the use of a spatula. How should the robot reason jointly over the tool’s geometry and forces imparted to the environment through vision and touch? In this talk, I will present our recent [...]

RI Seminar
Nikolay Atanasov
Associate Professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, San Diego

RI Seminar with Nikolay Atanasov

1403 Tepper School Building

RI Seminar
Sangbae Kim
Professor
Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Physical Intelligence and Cognitive Biases Toward AI

1403 Tepper School Building

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 [...]

RI Seminar
Charlie Kemp
Chief Technology Officer
Hello Robot Inc.

RI Seminar with Charlie Kemp

1403 Tepper School Building