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Re: A Revolution in How Robots Learn

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Post by drcwpl » Wed, Nov 27, 2024, 2:32 PM UTC

m_ke wrote: post #15

chillel wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

just coming back to this thread, this paper is quite a good read: https://arxiv.org/html/2406.09246v3#S3 and as a follow-on, this blog post by Physical Intelligence was interesting: https://www.physicalintelligence.company/blog/pi0

hey just got back on and the papers you shared are the main works that I was about to link. There's also a new VLA paper fro waymo https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.23262v2 and some recent talks on youtube: - OpenVLA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0s0v3q7mBk - The current state of robotics by Alex Irpan: ‬ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XocmVe1FCMY - Robot Learning, with inspiration from child development–Jitendra Malik…

This is excellent - thank you so much

Re: A Revolution in How Robots Learn

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Post by mistrial9 » Wed, Nov 27, 2024, 3:24 PM UTC

drcwpl wrote: post #20

One particularly fascinating aspect of this essay is the comparison between human motor learning and robotic dexterity development, particularly the concept of “motor babbling.” The author highlights how babies use seemingly random movements to calibrate their brains with their bodies, drawing a parallel to how robots are being trained to achieve precise physical tasks. This framing makes the complexity of robotic le…

machine learning is not equal to human infant development, full stop.

Re: A Revolution in How Robots Learn

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Post by barrenko » Wed, Nov 27, 2024, 5:09 PM UTC

nobodywillobsrv wrote: post #18

Anyone find is suspcious that all these paywalled fluff tech legacy media articles keep on ending up on hn? Feels like an op. Who in tech actually reads NYT for example?

People procrastinating on their ML job.

Re: A Revolution in How Robots Learn

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Post by falcor84 » Thu, Nov 28, 2024, 7:25 AM UTC

Animats wrote: post #3

A research result reported before, but, as usual, the New Yorker has better writers. Is there something which shows what the tokens they use look like?

> the New Yorker has better writers.

Really? I suppose it's very subjective, but I find their style, both in this article and in general to be unbearably long - almost as if their journalists enjoy writing for the sake of writing, with the transmission of information being a minor concern.