Eric Clower·Oct 21Can Your Forecast Predict the Effect of a Decision?In my recent forecasting posts, I’ve focused on how well pretrained models predict new observations and whether they offer enough…A response icon1A response icon1
Mehrdad H. M. Farimani·Oct 17Why Humanoid Robots Finally Stopped SquattingAnd why it took us so many years to straighten their knees.
InThe Quantastic JournalbyAlp Demirel·Oct 8Move to See: Observability Is a Behaviour, Not a PropertySome states cannot be estimated from a platform that holds still. A fish in the dark spends real energy not holding still, and control…
Yuki Minai·Sep 16Why controlling the brain is not like controlling a robotModern robotics has made many control problems look solved. Reinforcement learning (RL) trains a humanoid to walk over rubble. Model…
Yuki Minai·Sep 8Computational approaches to updating stimulation parameters in closed-loop brain stimulationI have been working on the development of closed-loop brain stimulation technology for years, with a particular focus on identifying…
Kunal Awari·Aug 26Odometry for Ackermann RobotsMost mobile-robot tutorials start with a differential-drive base because the math is friendly: two wheels, two encoders, done. But the…
Jim Harris·Aug 21The Neuron That Was Linear All AlongA brain-like neuron seems distinctly nonlinear, yet the equations governing its inter-spike periods are exactly solvable with a solitary…
Nehemiahchao·Aug 16How Nonlinear Control Systems Are Creating Wall-EYou’ve seen those adorable little waiter robots that are going viral on the internet right? The digital faces on wheels that zip and zap…
