Robotics

See Spot perform dynamic whole-body manipulation. Using a combination of reinforcement learning (RL) and sampling-based control, the robot is able to autonomously drag, roll, and stack tires weighing 15 kg (33 lb), well above its maximum arm lift capacity. 

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RAI Institute

great stuff

https://x.com/rai_inst/status/1978113805604258161

Contact-rich manipulation is the correct next frontier for robotics and this is one of the cooler examples around. It's so clear that in the next couple years robots will be dramatically more capable of the kind of challenging, contact-rich tasks that they're currently bad at

Chris Paxton

Curious | building robots | https://anurajrp.io/about/

Ethereum

https://x.com/chris_j_paxton/status/1978223597463421322

We taught Spot to stack 15kg car tires autonomously. It uses its whole-body and shows some dynamic manipulation! https://t.co/ajoKuJC3bb

Maks

complete blog post

https://rai-inst.com/resources/blog/combining-sampling-and-learning-for-dynamic-whole-body-manipulation/

technical details 

https://x.com/itsmaksx/status/1978134727727976533