September 19, 2024

Robotics

RBR50 Spotlight: Autonomous pickup truck could enhance U.S. military operations – The Robot Report

Listen to this article Organization: Kodiak RoboticsCountry: U.S.Website: https://kodiak.ai/Year Founded: 2018Number of Employees: 101-500Innovation Class: Application & Market Kodiak Robotics unveiled in late 2023 its first autonomous test vehicle for the U.S. Department of Defense. A Ford F-150 pickup truck is outfitted with Kodiak’s autonomous system, Kodiak Driver. It is designed to handle complex military environments, diverse operational conditions, and areas with degraded GPS, as well as off-road variables like rocks, dust, mud, and water.

The Robot Report Staff September 19, 2024

Hardware

Sony announces PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 5 Pro ’30th Anniversary Limited Edition’ bundles

Sony has just announced its new PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 5 Pro “30th Anniversary Limited Edition Bundle” which have some wicked original PlayStation styling throughout the console, controller, and peripherals. The company is celebrating 30 years since the launch of the original PlayStation, and I remember it fondly: we went to the shopping center near my family at the time (Colonnades, Noarlunga, South Australia for anyone wondering) and picked up the original Resident Evil and

Anthony Garreffa September 19, 2024

Shared Nearest Neighbors: A More Robust Distance Metric

A distance metric that can improve prediction, clustering, and outlier detection in datasets with many dimensions and with varying densities W Brett Kennedy · Follow Published in Towards Data Science · 28 min read · 7 hours ago — In this article I describe a distance metric called Shared Nearest Neighbors (SNN) and describe its application to outlier detection. I’ll also cover quickly its application to prediction and clustering, but will focus on outlier detection,

W Brett Kennedy September 19, 2024

Through the Uncanny Mirror: Do LLMs Remember Like the Human Mind?

|LLM|AI|HUMAN MIND|MEMORY|COGNITION| Exploring the Eerie Parallels and Profound Differences Between AI and Human Memory Salvatore Raieli · Follow Published in Towards Data Science · 10 min read · 3 hours ago — image by the author using AI The limits of my language are the limits of my mind. — Ludwig Wittgenstein The true art of memory is the art of attention. — Samuel Johnson Language is one of the most important capabilities of human

Salvatore Raieli September 19, 2024

1X releases generative world models to train robots

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Robotics startup 1X Technologies has developed a new generative model that can make it much more efficient to train robotics systems in simulation. The model, which the company announced in a new blog post, addresses one of the important challenges of robotics, which is learning “world models” that can predict how the world changes in response

Ben Dickson September 19, 2024

Improving Code Quality with Array and DataFrame Type Hints

How generic type specification permits powerful static analysis and runtime validation Christopher Ariza · Follow Published in Towards Data Science · 10 min read · 7 hours ago — Photo by Author As tools for Python type annotations (or hints) have evolved, more complex data structures can be typed, improving maintainability and static analysis. Arrays and DataFrames, as complex containers, have only recently supported complete type annotations in Python. NumPy 1.22 introduced generic specification of

Christopher Ariza September 19, 2024

Google’s NotebookLM evolves: What IT leaders need to know about its enterprise applications

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Google’s research tool NotebookLM made waves recently for a new feature that lets users generate what sounds a lot like podcasts. But while the company has been adding new features, it’s also seeing more and more use cases in the enterprise arena. NotebookLM lets users upload PDFs, websites, Google Docs, Google Slides and paste text into

Emilia David September 19, 2024

How to Setup a Self-hosted Newsletter Using Listmonk | HackerNoon

Setup a Selfhosted Newsletter Using Listmonk Listmonk is an amazing feature-packed self-hosted email newsletter manager. It offers loads of features like analytics (clicks, opens, bounces), templates, public subscription pages, importing subscribers, and much more! What Is Listmonk? Listmonk is a self-hosted newsletter and mailing list manager. It is free and open source, so you have full control over your data. It also offers a super clean webui: You can customize the page to your liking.

Editor September 19, 2024

Buying prescription glasses: What to judge when shopping

CONTRIBUTOR CONTENT: Buying glasses can be a big commitment. Even with the right deal and a great sale to keep the price down, you’re still picking out what will essentially become a part of your face until your next purchase. Your glasses will inform every first impression and contribute their shape to every smile and frown. Maybe that’s too much…Read More

Jon Stojan September 19, 2024