Ken Goldberg
@ken-goldberg.bsky.social
Artist, Prof. of Engineering @UCBerkeley, Chief Scientist, @AmbiRobotics & @JacobiRobotics. Interested in robots, rockets, redwoods, rebels.
Tired of teleoperating your robots?You can scale robot datasets w/o teleop, sim, or robot hardware. Just 1 smartphone scan + 1 human hand demo video → thousands of diverse robot trajectories.
Trainable by diffusion policy and VLA models as-is.
Introducing: Real2Render2Real
👉 real2render2real.com
Trainable by diffusion policy and VLA models as-is.
Introducing: Real2Render2Real
👉 real2render2real.com
Real2Render2Real
real2render2real.com
May 18, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Tired of teleoperating your robots?You can scale robot datasets w/o teleop, sim, or robot hardware. Just 1 smartphone scan + 1 human hand demo video → thousands of diverse robot trajectories.
Trainable by diffusion policy and VLA models as-is.
Introducing: Real2Render2Real
👉 real2render2real.com
Trainable by diffusion policy and VLA models as-is.
Introducing: Real2Render2Real
👉 real2render2real.com
Looking forward to presenting 8 new robotics research papers w/ students from @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social at the IEEE International Conf on Robotics and Automation in Atlanta 20-24 May. Links to our papers, videos, and draft workshop papers etc here: docs.google.com/document/d/e...
AUTOLab ICRA Papers May 2025
docs.google.com
May 8, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Looking forward to presenting 8 new robotics research papers w/ students from @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social at the IEEE International Conf on Robotics and Automation in Atlanta 20-24 May. Links to our papers, videos, and draft workshop papers etc here: docs.google.com/document/d/e...
“….This small exhibition delivered insight, knowledge, new ways of seeing, experiencing, and enhancing the health of our cities.... its works are deep, large and expansive." @Forbes Magazine published a review of my exhibit w/ @tiffanyshlain.bsky.social
Read here->
forbes.com/sites/tomteich
Read here->
forbes.com/sites/tomteich
https://forbes.com/sites/tomteich…
April 2, 2025 at 10:49 PM
“….This small exhibition delivered insight, knowledge, new ways of seeing, experiencing, and enhancing the health of our cities.... its works are deep, large and expansive." @Forbes Magazine published a review of my exhibit w/ @tiffanyshlain.bsky.social
Read here->
forbes.com/sites/tomteich
Read here->
forbes.com/sites/tomteich
They seem to be doing incredibly useful work ;)
March 31, 2025 at 4:09 PM
They seem to be doing incredibly useful work ;)
Fun talking with Steve Levitt of @freakonomics.bsky.social about AI, robots, randomness, art, humanoids, and how @AmbiRobotics is closing the 100,000 year data gap.
t.co/qfomE9lyWa
t.co/qfomE9lyWa
https://freakonomics.com/podcast/can-robots-get-a-grip/
t.co
March 31, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Fun talking with Steve Levitt of @freakonomics.bsky.social about AI, robots, randomness, art, humanoids, and how @AmbiRobotics is closing the 100,000 year data gap.
t.co/qfomE9lyWa
t.co/qfomE9lyWa
Reposted by Ken Goldberg
Sign of the times: some Europeans employers are now quietly advising employees to get temporary laptops and phones when traveling to the United States — much as U.S. employers have long advised employees to do when visiting China or Russia.
March 20, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Sign of the times: some Europeans employers are now quietly advising employees to get temporary laptops and phones when traveling to the United States — much as U.S. employers have long advised employees to do when visiting China or Russia.
ChatGPT can help write an essay. Scientists want it to start folding laundry. Source: @npr.org radio www.npr.org/2025/03/17/n...
ChatGPT can help write an essay. Scientists want it to start folding laundry
Artificial intelligence has revolutionized the virtual world. But reality bytes.
www.npr.org
March 18, 2025 at 4:15 AM
ChatGPT can help write an essay. Scientists want it to start folding laundry. Source: @npr.org radio www.npr.org/2025/03/17/n...
Igniting the real robot revolution requires closing the “data gap”
🤖 Imagine a future where #robots handle billions of items with AI to support an aging population that doesn’t have enough human workers.
Looking fwd to presenting at Nvidia #GTC25 on 18 March 1pm:
www.nvidia.com/gtc/session-...
🤖 Imagine a future where #robots handle billions of items with AI to support an aging population that doesn’t have enough human workers.
Looking fwd to presenting at Nvidia #GTC25 on 18 March 1pm:
www.nvidia.com/gtc/session-...
NVIDIA #GTC2025 Conference Session Catalog
Experience GTC 2025 In-Person and Online March 17-21, San Jose.
www.nvidia.com
March 8, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Igniting the real robot revolution requires closing the “data gap”
🤖 Imagine a future where #robots handle billions of items with AI to support an aging population that doesn’t have enough human workers.
Looking fwd to presenting at Nvidia #GTC25 on 18 March 1pm:
www.nvidia.com/gtc/session-...
🤖 Imagine a future where #robots handle billions of items with AI to support an aging population that doesn’t have enough human workers.
Looking fwd to presenting at Nvidia #GTC25 on 18 March 1pm:
www.nvidia.com/gtc/session-...
Grr. I'm required to complete 7 online training sessions. All of the topics are important, but I wish I could just read summaries and take quizzes. Forcing us to watch videos about mostly obvious material for hours feels like something out of Clockwork Orange...
February 26, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Grr. I'm required to complete 7 online training sessions. All of the topics are important, but I wish I could just read summaries and take quizzes. Forcing us to watch videos about mostly obvious material for hours feels like something out of Clockwork Orange...
Reposted by Ken Goldberg
@ken-goldberg.bsky.social and I are heading down to #LA for the Frieze Art Fair for our last artist-led tours of our #Getty PST Art Exhibition “Ancient Wisdom for a Future Ecology" at the Skirball
Join us on either
Thurs, Feb 20th 2pm
Fri, Feb 21st, 2pm
RSVP
ancientwisdom.art/events
Join us on either
Thurs, Feb 20th 2pm
Fri, Feb 21st, 2pm
RSVP
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February 14, 2025 at 7:37 PM
@ken-goldberg.bsky.social and I are heading down to #LA for the Frieze Art Fair for our last artist-led tours of our #Getty PST Art Exhibition “Ancient Wisdom for a Future Ecology" at the Skirball
Join us on either
Thurs, Feb 20th 2pm
Fri, Feb 21st, 2pm
RSVP
ancientwisdom.art/events
Join us on either
Thurs, Feb 20th 2pm
Fri, Feb 21st, 2pm
RSVP
ancientwisdom.art/events
“A-Ha! Moments in Art and Science" -- those Eureka flashes of insight where new ideas suddenly snap into place: Join artists @tiffanyshlain.bsky.social , and writers @GeoffManaugh and @NicolaTwilley for a lively
conversation tomorrow : Sunday 12-1pm at the @skirball.bsky.social Center in LA.
conversation tomorrow : Sunday 12-1pm at the @skirball.bsky.social Center in LA.
February 1, 2025 at 11:54 PM
“A-Ha! Moments in Art and Science" -- those Eureka flashes of insight where new ideas suddenly snap into place: Join artists @tiffanyshlain.bsky.social , and writers @GeoffManaugh and @NicolaTwilley for a lively
conversation tomorrow : Sunday 12-1pm at the @skirball.bsky.social Center in LA.
conversation tomorrow : Sunday 12-1pm at the @skirball.bsky.social Center in LA.
Love discussing art and robots with @debbiemillman.bsky.social
and @tiffanyshlain.bsky.social — two brilliant and creative women!
Around 20 mins in we consider if a human-AI team will make an important discovery in 2025. I’m usually skeptical but I think this could happen…
t.co/EKnDPwu2AX
and @tiffanyshlain.bsky.social — two brilliant and creative women!
Around 20 mins in we consider if a human-AI team will make an important discovery in 2025. I’m usually skeptical but I think this could happen…
t.co/EKnDPwu2AX
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tiffany-shlain-ken-goldberg/id328074695?i=1000684673751
t.co
January 29, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Love discussing art and robots with @debbiemillman.bsky.social
and @tiffanyshlain.bsky.social — two brilliant and creative women!
Around 20 mins in we consider if a human-AI team will make an important discovery in 2025. I’m usually skeptical but I think this could happen…
t.co/EKnDPwu2AX
and @tiffanyshlain.bsky.social — two brilliant and creative women!
Around 20 mins in we consider if a human-AI team will make an important discovery in 2025. I’m usually skeptical but I think this could happen…
t.co/EKnDPwu2AX
.@AmbiRobotics launches AmbiStack: an AI-based palletizer trained with Reinforcement Learning to adapt on-the-fly to varying box sizes to optimize packing density: techcrunch.com/2025/01/28/a...
Ambi Robotics built a clever solution to automate pallet packing | TechCrunch
UC Berkeley spinout Ambi Robotics announced Tuesday the arrival of AmbiStack, a novel system that automates pallet packing. The system features an
techcrunch.com
January 28, 2025 at 8:32 PM
.@AmbiRobotics launches AmbiStack: an AI-based palletizer trained with Reinforcement Learning to adapt on-the-fly to varying box sizes to optimize packing density: techcrunch.com/2025/01/28/a...
Reposted by Ken Goldberg
Here's an index into last week's Armchair Expert discussion about
@ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social , the history of robots, Moravec's paradox, why robot dexterity is so challenging, why some people are AI doomsayers, Aha! moments in discovery and other topics: bit.ly/Ken-on-Armch...
@ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social , the history of robots, Moravec's paradox, why robot dexterity is so challenging, why some people are AI doomsayers, Aha! moments in discovery and other topics: bit.ly/Ken-on-Armch...
January 12, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Here's an index into last week's Armchair Expert discussion about
@ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social , the history of robots, Moravec's paradox, why robot dexterity is so challenging, why some people are AI doomsayers, Aha! moments in discovery and other topics: bit.ly/Ken-on-Armch...
@ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social , the history of robots, Moravec's paradox, why robot dexterity is so challenging, why some people are AI doomsayers, Aha! moments in discovery and other topics: bit.ly/Ken-on-Armch...
Super fun to be on this podcast discussing robots and life in general with Dax and Monica: youtube.com/@armchairexp...
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Hi, I’m Dax Shepard, and I love talking to people. I am endlessly fascinated by the messiness of being human, and I find people who are vulnerable and honest about their struggles and shortcomings to ...
youtube.com
January 8, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Super fun to be on this podcast discussing robots and life in general with Dax and Monica: youtube.com/@armchairexp...
I agree this is a very attractive form-factor and binary grasping of soft objects is feasible, not time-critical, and fault tolerant. And r
eminds me of “Thing” from Addams Family:
eminds me of “Thing” from Addams Family:
January 7, 2025 at 11:35 PM
I agree this is a very attractive form-factor and binary grasping of soft objects is feasible, not time-critical, and fault tolerant. And r
eminds me of “Thing” from Addams Family:
eminds me of “Thing” from Addams Family:
Real robot data is rare (and precious). 2 years before ChatGPT, @AmbiRobotics robots started collecting high-quality data in real warehouses. Today, Ambi announces a generative AI model that opens the door to a new generation of warehouse robots: businesswire.com/news/home/2025…
January 7, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Real robot data is rare (and precious). 2 years before ChatGPT, @AmbiRobotics robots started collecting high-quality data in real warehouses. Today, Ambi announces a generative AI model that opens the door to a new generation of warehouse robots: businesswire.com/news/home/2025…
Let’s live it up! Unless you are older than 87 or plan to live another 91 years, this is our only chance to experience a year that’s a perfect square.
January 1, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Let’s live it up! Unless you are older than 87 or plan to live another 91 years, this is our only chance to experience a year that’s a perfect square.
“The idea of robots and all of those things, while it may be great for garnering headlines, it’s not practical for the vast majority of restaurants.” www.nytimes.com/2024/12/22/b...
Why Is It So Hard to Make a Robot Chef?
Restaurants are experimenting with automation. But in the kitchen, human labor is hard to replace.
www.nytimes.com
December 22, 2024 at 3:18 PM
“The idea of robots and all of those things, while it may be great for garnering headlines, it’s not practical for the vast majority of restaurants.” www.nytimes.com/2024/12/22/b...
Reposted by Ken Goldberg
Stone has being doing some of the coolest sim work for a while now so this thorough simulator comparison is really helpful. It also matches up: there's usually no free lunch in simulation so if you claim a speedup you need to drop something somewhere and it looks like what they dropped was physics
Yesterday the hyped Genesis simulator released. But it's up to 10x slower than existing GPU sims, not 10-80x faster or 430,000x faster than realtime since they benchmark mostly static environments
blog post with corrected open source benchmarks & details: stoneztao.substack.com/p/the-new-hy...
blog post with corrected open source benchmarks & details: stoneztao.substack.com/p/the-new-hy...
December 21, 2024 at 12:20 AM
Stone has being doing some of the coolest sim work for a while now so this thorough simulator comparison is really helpful. It also matches up: there's usually no free lunch in simulation so if you claim a speedup you need to drop something somewhere and it looks like what they dropped was physics
Reposted by Ken Goldberg
A computer systems perspective on integrated (modular and hybrid) large models with good old fashioned engineering (GOFE):
arxiv.org/abs/2412.05299
@ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social @databricks.bsky.social
arxiv.org/abs/2412.05299
@ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social @databricks.bsky.social
Specifications: The missing link to making the development of LLM systems an engineering discipline
Despite the significant strides made by generative AI in just a few short years, its future progress is constrained by the challenge of building modular and robust systems. This capability has been a ...
arxiv.org
December 14, 2024 at 8:30 PM
A computer systems perspective on integrated (modular and hybrid) large models with good old fashioned engineering (GOFE):
arxiv.org/abs/2412.05299
@ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social @databricks.bsky.social
arxiv.org/abs/2412.05299
@ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social @databricks.bsky.social
Calling all roboticists…
Reposting Robotics researchers starter pack because it has grown quite a bit since it was last posted.
bsky.app/starter-pack...
bsky.app/starter-pack...
December 20, 2024 at 5:11 AM
Calling all roboticists…
I went to Mauthausen death camp in 1998. The train conductor denied that it existed and sent me in the wrong direction. when I finally got there it was closing time and empty but I went in to look around. when I tried to leave the front gate was locked. It was getting dark and I’ll never forget.
I went to Mauthausen - a smaller work camp in Austria. I was on an Army anti-fascism training mission. My immediate reaction? How did they get away with all that murder with so many close neighbors on the surrounding hill? 70 years later, I could still smell the crematorium from the yard.
December 18, 2024 at 5:13 AM
I went to Mauthausen death camp in 1998. The train conductor denied that it existed and sent me in the wrong direction. when I finally got there it was closing time and empty but I went in to look around. when I tried to leave the front gate was locked. It was getting dark and I’ll never forget.
Nice insight MW. Word cloud tools and Claude advance a long history going back to chisels and cameras designed by designers like you. #HomoHabilus
Back in 2009, a site called Wordle let you make word clouds. Paste in some writing, choose a few options, and bingo: a beautiful tessellation of vertical and horizontal text. We did a survey of its users, and the headline result was that the vast majority of people using it felt "creative."
December 18, 2024 at 4:24 AM
Nice insight MW. Word cloud tools and Claude advance a long history going back to chisels and cameras designed by designers like you. #HomoHabilus