Nvidia’s new lineup of open-source AI models is headlined by Alpamayo 1 (pictured), a so-called VLA, or vision-language-action, algorithm with 10 billion parameters. It can use footage from an autonomous vehicle’s cameras to generate driving trajectories.

Just a few months after buying fellow robotic software firm Vicarious, Alphabet-owned Intrinsic has acquired several divisions within Open Robotics, the company behind the widely used robotics software packages Gazebo and Robotic Operating System (ROS).

Earlier this year, in March 2024, the AI developer-focused startup Hugging Face — known for maintaining the largest online repository of open source AI models and code — made waves by poaching Remi Cadene, a former staff scientist at Tesla, Inc., to ...

The open source AI community Hugging Face has bought open source humanoid robots company Pollen Robots, Hugging Face announced this morning. That’s great news for pretty much every country that is not the USA or China, the two nations that lead the world ...

What models are available to engineers for prototype development using AI? (There are more than you think!) In situations where voice control or keyboard or touchscreen commands aren’t practical, are hand signal commands viable if AI can interpret and ...

A team of researchers led by Professor Keisuke Takahashi at the Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, have created FLUID (Flowing Liquid Utilizing Interactive Device), an open-source robotic system constructed using a 3D printer and off-the-shelf ...

TL;DR: Hugging Face has unveiled Reachy Mini, a compact and open-source robot designed to make advanced robotics and artificial intelligence more accessible to a broad audience. Starting at $299, Reachy Mini stands just 11 inches tall and is intended to ...

DigiKey and SparkFun partner to offer XRP kits, an open-source robotics platform, for hands-on STEM learning. The beginner-friendly curriculum aims to lower barriers to robotics education. DigiKey, a distributor of technical components and automation ...

AI company Hugging Face is taking a big leap into robotics with the acquisition of humanoid robotics startup Pollen Robotics. The financial terms were not disclosed, but Pollen’s co-founders, Matthieu Lapeyre and Pierre Rouanet, and approximately 20 ...

A new open-source bipedal robot, dubbed MEVITA, has been designed by engineers at the JSK Robotics Laboratory of the University of Tokyo, Japan. Interestingly, MEVITA aims to tackle the common issues of existing DIY platforms. It’s designed to be strong ...