I simulated this robot dog inside a training platform I built on top of the MuJoCo physics simulator. I built a specialized reinforcement learning trainer with** motion imitation (style reference motions)**: the dog learns to copy a keyframed trot while still balancing on its own, which makes the gait way smoother than plain RL. The joints are limited by realistic hobby servo models (torque, speed curve, backlash, latency), not infinite-strength motors. It trained on my MacBook Air’s CPU for 2 hours (no GPU) and learned multi-directional control (I can drive it with WASD) and balance.

Boston Dynamics says its prototype operations team can currently assemble an Atlas humanoid in about one day, with a goal of reducing the process to roughly an hour next year. By keeping precision machining, assembly, repairs, and engineering under one roof, the company can test design changes and replace components more quickly. However, the one-day figure refers to assembly time for an individual robot—not a confirmed production rate of one Atlas per day.
Read more: https://interestingengineering.com/ai-robotics/inside-boston-dynamics-humanoid-robot-factory

TAKTO ONE is an open-source, tendon-driven hand exoskeleton I built for my master’s thesis: the CAD, PCBs, firmware and build guide are all public. Each of the 12 finger joints has its own magnetic encoder, and the twin in the headset moves from those sensors and two IMUs, not from camera tracking, so a hidden finger still gets measured.

You can play with the twin in your browser, no hardware needed:
https://takto.one
https://github.com/molanocortes/takto-one

Questions are very welcome! if it’s useful, a star helps other people find It :)

Apocalypse Robot Animation

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From left to right, their names are: Strobo Gonzales, Maria Socket, & Digital Tome III

Put Quaddle on a patch of gravel and just wanted to see it walk. Its IMU (gyroscope + accelerometer) was trying to correct for the uneven ground in real time, but it immediately started wobbling — loose gravel is apparently brutal for a quadruped's balance.

What's the funniest robot-vs-terrain fail you've seen?

I'm not a professional in either robotics/autonomous vehicles or motorsport/rallying, but I encounter quite a bit of both in the wild and it seems like the Grand Challenge was really important to the development of:

Autonomous pathing and pathfinding (SLAM), both for passenger vehicles and for more specialized robots that work in factories and warehouses as well as for a growing minority of drones

Modern LiDAR systems

Google's entire X ecosystem

It seems to me like a blue Touareg with a Red Bull livery has contributed almost as much to robotics and AI navigation as a huge chunk of (say) the American space program.

It was awesome!

Delivery robot dancing in front of street musician

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Police have seized a robot in Germany after it allegedly touched a 16-year-old girl's buttocks and 'made thrusting motions against her'.

The 1.2m tall red and gold automaton is believed to have approached the teenager from behind when she was standing with a group of friends.

https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16202791/police-seize-robot-gropes-girl-sexual-assault-livestreamed.html

I was supposed to be building my Nitro suit for a Halloween party I’m going to and I’m running out of time. Instead, I got so mad that I don’t have random robotic arms around me, besides the arms of my Mimic/Ultron so I took this vac and whatever random scrap robot part (as you can clearly see my room is cluttered with) to build this guy.

I happened to really like Dum-E so eventually I plan to finalize this and make him look cooler with an omnidirectional platform, and of course I have to build U now. I really didn’t expect this to even work, I thought gravity would ruin the arm when he moves fast but thankfully not.

I’m gonna link him to the A.I. that all my other bots and suit is using, just stripping him of the voice so he can actually follow orders

Been working on a compact rear projection system, thought you might find it interesting