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- Vine Robots: Learn to Make Your Own https://www.vinerobots.org/ 28 comments
- New Book: Learning Robotics Using Python http://robohub.org/learning-robotics-using-python/ 5 comments
- Robot needs 50 tries to learn how to flip pancakes. http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/07/robot-learns-to-flip-pancakes/ 33 comments
- iRobot's New Education Robot Makes Learning to Code a Little More Affordable https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/home-robots/irobot-new-education-robot-root 52 comments
- Deep-learning robot shows grasp of different objects http://www.phys.org/news/2015-10-deep-learning-robot-grasp.html 4 comments science
- "Fleet-DAgger: Interactive Robot Fleet Learning with Scalable Human Supervision", Hoque et al 2022 https://arxiv.org/abs/2206.14349 2 comments reinforcementlearning
- "Solving Rubik’s Cube with a Robot Hand", on Akkaya et al 2019 {OA} [Dactyl followup w/improved curriculum-learning domain randomization; emergent meta-learning] https://openai.com/blog/solving-rubiks-cube/ 7 comments reinforcementlearning
- Smart robot uses deep learning to tidy up the room https://www.turingtribe.com/story/smart-robot-uses-deep-learning-to-tidy-up-the-room-e2bjygytg3mesuola 9 comments artificial
- California man learns he’s dying from doctor on robot video https://apnews.com/a13a6811157b412fb79909b36146d646 4 comments nottheonion
- “NVIDIA announced Sunday that a team of researchers has built a first-of-its-kind deep learning-based system that allows robots to learn how to do a task by simply watching human beings do that task.” https://www.cnet.com/news/robots-can-now-complete-tasks-by-simply-observing-humans/ 32 comments technology
- I'm an Robotics SWE with a robotics degree, what should I learn to bridge the gap with SWE's with CS degrees? https://www.reddit.com/r/cscareerquestions/comments/784n32/im_an_robotics_swe_with_a_robotics_degree_what/ 6 comments cscareerquestions
- Google's humanoid robot learns the world is a harsh place http://www.popsci.com/watch-googles-humanoid-robot-learn-world-is-harsh-place 9 comments technology
- Robots are learning to say no to human orders http://qz.com/559432/robots-are-learning-to-say-no-to-human-orders-and-your-life-may-depend-on-it/ 17 comments robotics
- Robots Learning Judo Techniques to Fall Down Without Exploding http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/humanoids/robots-judo-techniques-to-fall-down-without-exploding#.Vh6r9Bx_-aA.reddit 4 comments robotics
- 7 Things We Learned After the DARPA Robotics Challenge Finals http://www.roboticstrends.com/article/7_things_you_should_know_after_the_darpa_robotics_challenge_finals 30 comments robotics
- Robots Are Now Learning How To Cook By Watching YouTube Videos http://io9.com/robots-are-now-learning-how-to-cook-by-watching-youtube-1682839455 7 comments robotics
- Robotic brain 'learns' from internet http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28936436 26 comments worldnews
- Robots test their own world wide web, dubbed RoboEarth: A world wide web for robots to learn from each other and share information is being shown off for the first time. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25727110 27 comments technology
- Freaky Robot Mouth Learns to Sing http://youtu.be/Bht96voReEo 6 comments robotics
- Robots that are forced to learn how to 'crawl' before they learn to 'walk' are able to learn to walk faster than robots that begin upright. http://news.discovery.com/tech/robot-revolution-on-the-way.html 208 comments science
- Athlete Robot Learning to Run Like Human http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/humanoids/athlete-robot-learning-to-run-like-human 7 comments technology
- Robot learns to crawl using artificial muscles. This should turn out fine. http://www.newscientist.com/gallery/dn15018-pick-of-the-pictures 21 comments technology
- Robots Evolve And Learn How to Lie http://discovermagazine.com/2008/jan/robots-evolve-and-learn-how-to-lie 4 comments technology
- 'Baby' robot learns like a human http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn9117&feedid=online-news_rss20 2 comments reddit.com
- These Virtual obstacle courses help Real robots learn to walk https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/10/these-virtual-obstacle-courses-help-real-robots-learn-to-walk/ 4 comments technology
- New ‘deep learning’ technique enables robot mastery of skills via trial and error http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2015/05/21/deep-learning-robot-masters-skills-via-trial-and-error/ 10 comments robotics
- Help us learn about crowdsourcing robotics (interactive; x-posted in /r/robotics) http://www.uvm.edu/~mwagy/robots/jointbot/ 5 comments artificial
- Robot learns to recognize itself in a mirror http://scienceillustrated.com.au/blog/science/robot-learns-to-recognise-itself-in-a-mirror/ 5 comments technology
- After robots learn to feed themselves they will probably take over earth - OMG they just figured it out! [vid] http://www.yubby.com/channel/player/2588/87733 12 comments science
- Amazon Robotics Janus framework lifts continual learning to the next level https://www.amazon.science/latest-news/amazon-robotics-continual-learning-reinforcement-learning-janus-framework 2 comments robotics
- A mobile game called Fooya, uses implicit learning has improved children’s short-term food choices. In the game, an avatar fights robots that represent unhealthy foods, and the avatar’s speed and body shape vary in response to the type of food it eats. https://www.heinz.cmu.edu/media/2021/february/mobile-game-that-uses-implicit-learning-improved-childrens-short-term-food-choices 9 comments science
- NASA is giving $20 Million to the robotics nonprofit FIRST to encourage kids to learn about science, technology and robots http://www.masshightech.com/stories/2010/11/22/daily36-nasa-awarding-robotics-nonprofit-first-with-20m-.html 271 comments science
- Eureka! NVIDIA Research Breakthrough Puts New Spin on Robot Learning https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2023/10/20/eureka-robotics-research/ 12 comments futurology
- AI robot that learns new words in real-time tells human creators it will keep them in a “people zoo" http://glitch.news/2015-08-27-ai-robot-that-learns-new-words-in-real-time-tells-human-creators-it-will-keep-them-in-a-people-zoo.html 28 comments worldnews
- DARPA LS3 Robot Mule Learns New Tricks, Loves a Mud Bath http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/military-robots/darpa-ls3-program-update#.UNISV9hw5Kg.reddit 10 comments robotics
- Lingodroids are language learning robots that play location language games to construct shared lexicons for places, distances, and directions. http://itee.uq.edu.au/~ruth/lingodroids.htm 3 comments science
- Tiny living Pac-Man robots have learned how to reproduce https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/04/world/xenobots-science-newsletter-wt-scn/index.html 18 comments nottheonion
- Boston Dynamics boss learned by unbalancing toddler - The boss of robotics company Boston Dynamics has confessed he once nudged his one-year-old daughter over to work out how people balance. https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-50316951 2 comments technology
- A new deep-learning based motion-capture software, DeepFly3D uses multiple camera views to model the movements of a fruit fly in three dimensions. The ultimate aim is to use this knowledge to design fly-like robots. https://actu.epfl.ch/news/deepfly3d-the-deep-learning-way-to-design-fly-like/ 17 comments science
- Robot learns to recognise itself in the mirror. NICO spends a lot of time looking in the mirror. But it's not mere vanity - Nico is a humanoid robot that can recognise its reflection - a step on the path towards true self-awareness. http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21528785.900-robot-learns-to-recognise-itself-in-the-mirror.html 14 comments science