Ben Duffy
@benduffyMMM
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Building robots which can see through walls. And humanoids. Co-founder at https://t.co/9YTX5UFnuG and https://t.co/MQhAdPbJ2a https://t.co/aDXue4Xob8
Berlin, Germany
Joined April 2016
Since GPT-5 is free in cursor till tomorrow, I decided to ask it in 3 chats to be indepdent and build a:.- video editor (it chose PySide6, opencv, ffmpeg).- Operating system (lol, Minimal 16-bit Boot, not working fully yet).- web browser (again Qt, at least google works)
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I asked an LLM for advice on how to not become too reliant on LLMs for coding/life, regain my agency and thinking ability, avoid the lazy slot machine mentality of "just one more prompt" aaaaaaand . it actually gave extremely good advice 🤦♂️🤣😅😉😎🤠.
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Finally uploading the presentation I gave to Berlin Robotics Meetup about Adventures of Johnny the humanoid. I intro'd my YouTube channel, Johnny's hardware & software, our joint trials and tribulations with sock picking and a look to the future of Johnny and robotics with.
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RT @sriniously: I study the history of software because most people think code innovation happens in a vacuum. They see React and think Fac….
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Finished watching, so good. Russ Tedrake is my favourite. We need more rigour and statistics in robot learning if we want any hope of deploying these systems!. Also, simulation not just for training but for evaluation is so important. is good!.
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Finished watching, so good. Russ Tedrake is my favourite. We need more rigour and statistics in robot learning if we want any hope of deploying these systems!. Also, simulation not just for training but for evaluation is so important. is good!.
simpler-env.github.io
Project page for Evaluating Real-World Robot Manipulation Policies in Simulation
Amid all the noise and rapid pace in the field, I really appreciated Russ Tedrake’s talk on their LBM work and the rigorous evaluations that go beyond flashy demos—some papers these days don’t even include error bars. The talk offered valuable insights on avoiding reinvention.
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@LeRobotHF @shreyasgite @huggingface @RemiCadene Conclusion: My submission video below. Graduated from sock picking into "socks into box". Very proud but surprised it worked so well with with a shaky camera and changing lighting conditions.
My (edited) @LeRobotHF @huggingface Worldwide hackathon submission. Great success for organising local version in @BerlinMotionLab with @shreyasgite. A whole bundle load of socks were picked up + put into a box!. @RemiCadene @Thom_Wolf @ClementDelangue .
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Check out my YouTube channel + subscribe for more sock picking and my adventures with Johnny the humanoid and soon other robots!.
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The socks must be picked. This is the hill I die on. Thanks for coming @tilmannb and everyone else. Was a good gang. Learned a lot and I'm even more convinced now to pivot to robot learning or some hybrid method, of course for maximising how many socks get picked up.
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My (edited) @LeRobotHF @huggingface Worldwide hackathon submission. Great success for organising local version in @BerlinMotionLab with @shreyasgite. A whole bundle load of socks were picked up + put into a box!. @RemiCadene @Thom_Wolf @ClementDelangue .
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Co-organised the berlin local version of the @LeRobotHF hackathon with @shreyasgite ! A lot of fun. Got some sock picking working within a few hours. 10k steps with ACT, 4 demonstrations but each demonstration I was repeating 10+ picks. Not bad!. @huggingface @RemiCadene
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Wow!
After 1.5 years of work, I'm so excited to announce AlphaEvolve – our new LLM + evolution agent!.Learn more in the blog post: White paper PDF: (1/2)
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Might as well add o3 on April 24th, interesting quirky way of writing:
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Wow I predict we will solve Steve Wozniak's Coffee test within 2 years. "The robot would need to locate the kitchen and brew a pot of coffee in a random house that it had never seen before". Many different ways of making coffee though e.g. moka pot, french press, filter machine.
π-0.5, a model doing long-horizon tasks in real, unseen homes with unseen objects! @physical_int . one of my favorites below at 10x. sharing a few of my favorite results in thread, with many more detailed ablations in the paper:
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My mind is blown. milk chocolate = solid.chocolate milk = liquid.
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Sandwich BOT is an AI-powered robotic system developed by Nala Robotics, Inc. It’s a fully automated machine designed to prepare a wide range of sandwiches with precision. From slicing and spreading to adding toppings, the robot handles the entire process efficiently and
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