Manipulation, locomotion, sim-to-real transfer and autonomous driving: learning systems that have to survive physics.
Recent advances in generative video modeling have enabled diverse generation, reference-based synthesis, extension, and editing, but existing approaches often rely on fragmented task-specific models. A general model must distinguish heterogeneous target, source, and reference signals to determine what to generate, preserve, or use as guidance, while reducing interference among tasks.
World models enable agents to perform forward rollout and planning without real-world interaction. However, their application in open-world embodied intelligence remains limited by the high cost of action annotations and the heterogeneity of action spaces across platforms.
Nonvisual classification of ground condition based on a multimodal sensing approach was investigated for an amoeba-inspired autonomous walking robot. To classify ground condition without image sensing and processing, we implemented artificial proprioception by integrating a three-axis accelerometer, eight foot pressure sensors, and reservoir computing (RC).
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