How robots learn: A brief, contemporary history
Roboticists used to dream big but build small. They’d hope to match or exceed the extraordinary complexity of the human body, and then they’d spend their career refining robotic arms for auto plants.
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Roboticists used to dream big but build small. They’d hope to match or exceed the extraordinary complexity of the human body, and then they’d spend their career refining robotic arms for auto plants.
arXiv:2604.15134v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Reliable procedural monitoring in video requires exposure to naturally occurring human errors and the recoveries that follow. In egocentric recordings,
arXiv:2604.14164v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: A widely adopted strategy for model enhancement is to use synthetic data generated by a stronger model for supervised fine-tuning (SFT). However, for em
arXiv:2604.14980v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Building on recent advances in AI, hybrid decision making (HDM) holds the promise of improving human decision quality and reducing cognitive load. We
arXiv:2506.19807v4 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Large Language Models (LLMs), particularly slow-thinking models, often exhibit severe hallucination, outputting incorrect content due to an in
arXiv:2601.18675v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: We investigate whether temporal embedding models trained on longitudinal electronic health records can learn clinically meaningful representations w
arXiv:2512.17091v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: We propose a new approach for solving planning problems with a hierarchical structure, fusing reinforcement learning and MPC planning. Our formulati
LLM agents loop, drift, and get stuck on hard reasoning tasks up to 30% of the time. Current fixes are either too blunt (hard step limits) or too expensive (LLM-as-judge adding 10-15% overhead per ste
@_lopopolo @aiDotEngineer @badlogicgames Harnes Engineering talk: https://x.com/aiDotEngineer/status/2044937501593460773?s=20 🆕 Harness Engineering: How to Build Software When Humans Steer, Agents Exe
arXiv:2604.14424v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Most practical engineering design problems involve nonlinear spatio-temporal dynamical systems. Multi-physics simulations are often performed to capture
This hands-on guide walks through every step of fine-tuning an Amazon Nova model with the Amazon Nova Forge SDK, from data preparation to training with data mixing to evaluation, giving you a repeatab
arXiv:2604.15214v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Quantum kernel methods are among the leading candidates for achieving quantum advantage in supervised learning. A key bottleneck is the cost of infere
In this post, we show you how to use Model Distillation, a model customization technique on Amazon Bedrock, to transfer routing intelligence from a large teacher model (Amazon Nova Premier) into a muc
arXiv:2509.23391v3 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Machine learning has become a fundamental approach for modeling, prediction, and control, enabling systems to learn from data and perform comp
In this post, we show you how to build a video semantic search solution on Amazon Bedrock using Nova Multimodal Embeddings that intelligently understands user intent and retrieves accurate video resul
arXiv:2508.10164v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Recent advances in Large Reasoning Models (LRMs) have demonstrated strong performance on complex tasks through long Chain-of-Thought (CoT) reasoning
arXiv:2604.13392v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Tabular data remains prevalent in high-stakes domains such as healthcare and finance, where predictive models are expected to provide both high accuracy
Roy Rogers demonstrates his preferred style of playing the hurdy-gurdy, showcasing traditional or characteristic technique in this post shared by Jeremy Howard on X. The post reflects appreciation for
Runway's Big Pitch Contest For Shows That Don't Exist Yet. * but that might exist soon Two weeks to pitch a show you wish existed. $100K in cash prizes. Bring your biggest, most ambitious ideas to lif
So cool to see that open-source, with open experimentation (and with the help of someone posting blog posts about their personal research), can yield a very robust method for MoE balancing. This metho
arXiv:2604.14170v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) grounds Large Language Models (LLMs) in external knowledge but often suffers from flat context representations and
The one nag I have to add to the system prompt still: 'PLEASE remember and follow this CRITICAL guidance with great care: Do NOT end responses with follow-up offers like 'Want me to...', 'Let me know
arXiv:2604.14906v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: The SARS-CoV-2 RNA pseudoknot is a promising target for antiviral intervention, as it regulates the efficiency of -1 programmed ribosomal frameshiftin
Vultr CEO J.J. Kardwell discusses the current shortage of AI computing capacity, potential solutions to address infrastructure constraints, and how customer demand patterns for AI services are evolvin
arXiv:2604.14732v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Vision-Language-Action (VLA) models have emerged as a promising paradigm for building embodied agents that ground perception and language into action.
Wow I can already say after just 5 hours using @AnthropicAI Opus 4.7 that this is the first model that 'gets' what I'm doing when I'm working. It feels aligned with me in a way no previous model did.
This appears to be a tweet by Jeremy Howard, a prominent figure in AI and machine learning, likely discussing the need to increase certain metrics or performance benchmarks in AI development or a rela
81% of Grade 4 children in South Africa (that’s 914,000 kids out of 1.1 million) cannot read for MEANING in ANY of South Africa’s 11 languages! It got WORSE — up from 78% in 2016. South Africa ranked
A deep mystery to me is that if I upload writing to a chatbot and ask it for a list of individual improvements, basically everything it gives me makes the text more punchy and direct and nice to read.
arXiv:2510.25781v4 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks (KANs), whose design is inspired-rather than dictated-by the Kolmogorov superposition theorem, have emerged as a structur
Oliver Whang / New York Times: A primer on “interpretability” and how AI researchers are figuring out how to open and understand the “black box” that holds the formulas within most AI models — When De
arXiv:2512.23748v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: For complex simulation problems, inferring parameters often precludes the use of classical likelihood-based techniques due to intractable likelihood
arXiv:2601.04442v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Large Vision-Language Models (LVLMs) have exhibited strong reasoning capabilities through chain-of-thought mechanisms that generate step-by-st
This guide provides an accessible introduction to using ChatGPT's code generation capabilities (Codex) for non-technical users, emphasizing a no-jargon approach. It breaks down the process into ten st
💵⚠️ Blocking subagents are costing you 1) time: your supervisor is stuck waiting while they run, and 2) money: if they go off track you've burned tokens on work you can't course-correct. @huntlovell n
Codex has been enhanced with new capabilities including the ability to learn from user experience and proactively offer suggestions, an integrated in-app browser, and multiple new plugins to expand it
Codex for (almost) everything. It can now use apps on your Mac, connect to more of your tools, create images, learn from previous actions, remember how you like to work, and take on ongoing and repeat
Coding agents learn from experience, but that knowledge stays locked in silos. Solve a thousand SWE tasks, and none of that wisdom helps with competitive coding. What if memories could transfer across
arXiv:2604.14001v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Diffusion language models have recently emerged as a leading alternative to standard language models, due to their ability for bidirectional attention a
arXiv:2510.20169v3 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Traveling Salesman Problem (TSP) is a classic NP-hard problem that has garnered significant attention from both academia and industry. While neural-
arXiv:2604.13130v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: We study learning to learn for regression problems through the lens of hyperparameter tuning. We propose the Langevin Gradient Descent Algorithm (LGD),
In this post, you'll learn why probabilistic AI validation falls short in regulated industries and how Automated Reasoning checks use formal verification to deliver mathematically proven results. You'
arXiv:2604.14111v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Large Language Models (LLMs) are now capable of generating highly fluent, human-like text. They enable many applications, but also raise concerns such a
I've got a lot to say here! I'll post a guide on how to prompt with Opus 4.7 as well as talk about a personal project I've been working on using it. I hope you enjoy working with Opus 4.7 and getting
arXiv:2603.29159v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Providing timely and accurate learning support in large-scale online coding courses is challenging, particularly in resource-constrained contexts. W
Replit shared a YouTube video detailing their company's journey and history of development. The video likely covers key milestones, founding story, product evolution, and the team's vision for their c
arXiv:2510.05056v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: As programmers write code, they often edit and retry multiple times, creating rich 'interaction traces' that reveal how they approach coding tasks a
arXiv:2604.13217v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Reliable evaluation of blastocyst quality is critical for the success of in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatments. Current embryo grading practices prima
🔥NEW: Clarence Thomas — full remarks on progressivism, its foundations, history, and impact from his appearance at University of Texas at Austin: “Stalin, Hitler, Mussolini, and Mao were all intertwin
NEW Research from Google. Integration test failures are painful because the signal is buried in messy logs. Massive output, heterogeneous systems, low signal-to-noise ratio, and unclear root causes. T
arXiv:2405.07432v4 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: The Koopman operator provides a powerful framework for representing the dynamics of general nonlinear dynamical systems. However, existing dat
arXiv:2604.13283v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Earth Observation (EO) satellite scheduling (deciding which imaging tasks to perform and when) is a well-studied combinatorial optimization problem. E
arXiv:2604.13918v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: We present PartNerFace, a part-based neural radiance fields approach, for reconstructing animatable facial avatar from monocular RGB videos. Existing so
People have been asking for this for years. It wasn't clear how to make it performant enough to be shippable, until earlier today In the next version of Bun `bun test` gets experimental support for pe
Please, I'm begging you, try to critically examine the differences between these two pieces of writing. ChatGPT editing did not improve this. Every single change only served to weaken your claims sign
Publishers have real questions about AI, but let’s be clear: @waybackmachine isn’t a backdoor for AI scraping. For 30 years, it’s been built for people, not bulk harvesting. We actively monitor to pre
arXiv:2604.13332v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Identifying meaningful feature interactions is a central challenge in building accurate and interpretable models for tabular data. Generalized additive
arXiv:2604.13081v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: The Forward-Forward (FF) algorithm is a biologically plausible alternative to backpropagation that trains neural networks layer by layer using a local g
The “Justice System” needs major reform 🇺🇸 This absolute monster named Tesfaye Cooper, the same thug who tortured a disabled teenager on Facebook Live, is back on the streets. The twist?? He just got
When the covid-19 pandemic started, Jennifer Phillips thought about the songs of the sparrows. They were easier to hear, because the world had suddenly become quieter. Car traffic plummeted as people