Hacker News with Generative AI: Robotics

Berkeley Humanoid Lite – Open-source robot (berkeley-humanoid.org)
Despite significant interest and advancements in humanoid robotics, most existing commercially available hardware remains high-cost, closed-source, and non-transparent within the robotics community.
Robotics, Open Source, Hardware, Humanoid Robots
57 points by ratsbane 3 hours ago | 3 comments
Straight Out of Sci-Fi: Tracked Combat Robot Armed with the Browning MG (defence-ua.com)
Ukraine has officially integrated the Droid TW 12.7 robotic combat system into its Armed Forces.
Robotics, Military Technology, Ukraine, War, Weapons
6 points by rolph 7 hours ago | 0 comments
Hugging Face to sell open-source robots thanks to Pollen Robotics acquisition (huggingface.co)
Robotics, Open Source, Acquisitions, Artificial Intelligence
10 points by saeedesmaili 3 days ago | 1 comments
π0.5: A VLA with open-world generalization (pi.website)
Robots have come a long way over the past few years—they can perform impressive acrobatic feats, dance on stage, follow language commands and, in some of our own results, perform complex tasks like folding laundry or cleaning off a table. But the biggest challenge in robotics is not in performing feats of agility or dexterity, but generalization: the ability to figure out how to correctly perform even a simple task in a new setting or with new objects.
Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Computer Vision
175 points by lachyg 3 days ago | 44 comments
Toyota's Test City Built Around AI and Robot Assisstants (woven-city.global)
Welcome to Toyota Woven City. This test course for mobility is driven by a collaborative community with a shared passion to enhance well-being for all. Here, we come together to co-create, test and bring to life products and services that address everyday societal challenges around the movement of people, goods, information and energy. This is the future of mobility.
AI, Robotics, Smart Cities, Transportation
4 points by jordanmorgan10 4 days ago | 0 comments
More than 20 robots race alongside humans at half marathon in Beijing (abc.net.au)
Humanoid robots have joined thousands of runners at a half marathon in Beijing — the first time these machines have raced alongside humans in a 21-kilometre course.
Robotics, Sports, China, Running, AI
5 points by Brajeshwar 4 days ago | 0 comments
Show HN: I open-sourced my AI toy company that runs on ESP32 and OpenAI realtime (github.com/akdeb)
🚀 ElatoAI: Realtime AI Speech for ESP32
Open Source, AI, Hardware, Robotics
175 points by akadeb 4 days ago | 94 comments
Tiny, hackable telepresence robot for under $100 (hackaday.com)
Robotics, DIY, Hardware, Telepresence
9 points by jkestner 4 days ago | 2 comments
Most Humanoid Robots Fail to Finish Half Marathon in Beijing (wired.com)
About 12,000 human athletes ran in a half-marathon race in Beijing on Saturday, but most of the attention was on a group of other, more unconventional participants: 21 humanoid robots.
Robotics, Sports, China
6 points by Utubepublisher 5 days ago | 0 comments
A Review of the Personal Humanoid Robots (readmultiplex.com)
Robots are AI in motion. In 2025, humanoid robots will begin to start entering into the homes of ordinary people (higher income at first), promising to transform daily life in ways reminiscent of the personal computer revolution.
Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Consumer Technology
20 points by delichon 6 days ago | 5 comments
Stumbling and Overheating, Most Humanoid Robots Fail to Finish Beijing Marathon (wired.com)
About 12,000 human athletes ran in a half marathon race in Beijing on Saturday, but most of the attention was on a group of other, more unconventional participants: 21 humanoid robots.
Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Sports, China
11 points by gnabgib 6 days ago | 1 comments
Raspberry Pi Lidar Scanner (github.com/PiLiDAR)
LiDAR: custom serial driver for LDRobot LD06, LD19 or STL27L
Robotics, Hardware, Raspberry Pi, LiDAR, Open Source
674 points by Venn1 6 days ago | 185 comments
Ask HN: How to transition into Robotics (ycombinator.com)
I would very much like to work on robotics in almost any capacity and am wondering if anyone can share any tips on how I might be able to break into the industry.
Robotics, Career Advice, Engineering
9 points by hdks 6 days ago | 9 comments
Robots race in Chinese half marathon (bbc.com)
Robots ran alongside humans at the Yizhuang half marathon in Beijing on Saturday.
Robotics, Sports, China, Events
6 points by dazhbog 7 days ago | 0 comments
Robots in Half Marathon at China (twitter.com)
Something went wrong, but don’t fret — let’s give it another shot.
Robotics, Sports, China
10 points by achow 7 days ago | 1 comments
China pits humanoid robots against humans in half-marathon for first time (theguardian.com)
Twenty-one humanoid robots joined thousands of runners at the Yizhuang half-marathon in Beijing on Saturday, the first time these machines have raced alongside humans over a 21km course.
Robotics, China, Sports, Humanoid Robots, Artificial Intelligence
7 points by n1b0m 7 days ago | 0 comments
Chinese robots lose against humans in half-marathon (dw.com)
Beijing held a half-marathon where humanoid robots competed against humans. Organizers called the race a show of technological prowess and said they did not expect the robots to win — and they didn't.
Robotics, China, Sports, Human-Robot Interaction
5 points by KnuthIsGod 7 days ago | 0 comments
A Pi-based Lidar scanner (hackaday.com)
Although there are plenty of methods for effectively imaging a 3D space, LiDAR is widely regarded as one of the most effective methods.
Robotics, Hardware, 3D Scanning, Raspberry Pi
8 points by ikbdsk 7 days ago | 0 comments
A 1980s toy robot arm inspired modern robotics (technologyreview.com)
The tasks taken on by the Armatron aren’t so different from the ones AI is tackling today.
Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, History, Technology
18 points by gnabgib 8 days ago | 4 comments
Micro Wheeled legged Robot (github.com/MuShibo)
The smallest two-wheeled-leg robot!
Robotics, Micro-Robotics, Engineering, Open Source
61 points by nill0 8 days ago | 15 comments
A 1980s toy robot arm inspired modern robotics (technologyreview.com)
The tasks taken on by the Armatron aren’t so different from the ones AI is tackling today.
Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, History, Technology
125 points by danso 9 days ago | 61 comments
Models of Ice Skating for the Development of Robotic Ice Skating Gaits [pdf] (2020) (eecs.berkeley.edu)
Robotics, Ice Skating, Research, Computer Science, Engineering
18 points by nill0 9 days ago | 5 comments
How dairy robots are changing work for cows and farmers (ieee.org)
Robots are taking over much of the daily manual labor at dairy farms, including milking, feeding, cleaning, and more. It makes dairy farmers’ lives easier, and makes the cows happier, too.
Robotics, Agriculture, Dairy Farming
225 points by DonHopkins 10 days ago | 170 comments
A 3D mouse with 3D printed flexures and PCB coils (hackaday.com)
3D mice with six degrees of freedom (6DOF) motion are highly valued by professional CAD users. However, the entry-level versions typically cost upwards of $150 and are produced by a single manufacturer. [Colton Baldridge] has created the OS3M Mouse — an open source alternative using PCB coils and 3D printed flexures.
3D Printing, CAD, Robotics, Hardware
16 points by fanf2 13 days ago | 2 comments
Robotic Gripper Based on Measuring Tape Is Sizing Up Fruit and Veggie Picking (today.ucsd.edu)
It’s a game a lot of us played as children—and maybe even later in life: unspooling measuring tape to see how far it would extend before bending. But to engineers at the University of California San Diego, this game was an inspiration, suggesting that measuring tape could become a great material for a robotic gripper.
Robotics, Engineering, Agriculture, Innovation
7 points by gnabgib 14 days ago | 0 comments
RobotActions (robotactions.com)
Robotics, Automation, Software, Tools
7 points by krishpavuluri 14 days ago | 1 comments
Our Best Customers Are Now Robots (fly.io)
We’re Fly.io, a developer-focused public cloud. We turn Docker containers into hardware-isolated virtual machines running on our own metal around the world. We spent years coming up with a developer experience we were proud of. But now the robots are taking over, and they don’t care.
Cloud Computing, DevOps, Software, Virtual Machines, Robotics
30 points by kiwicopple 14 days ago | 10 comments
Kawasaki unveils a hydrogen-powered, ride-on robot horse (newatlas.com)
Kawasaki Heavy Industries has pulled the covers off perhaps the most outrageous concept vehicle we've ever seen.
Robotics, Hydrogen Energy, Transportation, Concept Vehicles
7 points by Brajeshwar 19 days ago | 2 comments
Remote Access Backdoor Discovered in Chinese Robot Dog Unitree Go1 (cyberinsider.com)
Security researchers have uncovered a pre-installed, undocumented remote access tunnel in Unitree Go1 robot dogs, enabling full remote control and potential lateral network access.
Security, Robotics, Hardware, Cybersecurity, China
7 points by tntpreneur 19 days ago | 1 comments
Remote Access Backdoor Discovered in Chinese Robot Dog Unitree Go1 (cyberinsider.com)
Security researchers have uncovered a pre-installed, undocumented remote access tunnel in Unitree Go1 robot dogs, enabling full remote control and potential lateral network access.
Security, Robotics, Cybersecurity, China, Remote Access
28 points by macleginn 19 days ago | 3 comments