Miscalculating the gap between algorithm and physics isn't a new-found mistake by practitioners of generative AI; it bit the math-y controls boffins and vision researchers before them.

One perpetual mistake in robotics is to confuse observations with reality and assume that if you can generate an action, you can execute the action.

Fresh perspectives bring excitement and ignorance that tackle old problems in new ways. There is both remarkable success and frustrating repetition of the same mistakes.

I suppose it is the beauty and curse of the human imagination. A demonstration is a promise of what could be; a small white lie that motivates the realization of the dream.

Nearly 60 years since Shakey, but many cool things in-between.

This block picking demo is a pretty rad example. It makes me so happy that these tools are accessible!