Xingyu Lin
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Xingyu Lin
@Xingyu2017
Robot learning @openai. Previously @berkeley_ai @SCSatCMU. #Learning #Robotics






Today, We’re launching Genesis AI — a global physical AI lab and full-stack robotics company — to build generalist robots and unlock unlimited physical labor. We’re backed by $105M in seed funding from @EclipseVentures, @khoslaventures, @Bpifrance, HSG, and visionaries including @ericschmidt and @Xavier75 . General-purpose robots will be the next chapter in human history. Half of global GDP is physical. Less than 5% is automated. Today’s robots are too narrow, rigid, and expensive to scale. We need a new generation of adaptable, foundation-model-driven systems. We are a new generation of robotics builders, united by a shared mission to push the boundaries of physical AI. Our team brings together the minds behind many recent key advances spanning robotics, imitation learning, RL, simulation, GPU compilers, and foundation models — bridging historically siloed communities. We co-created UMI and Diffusion Policy, pioneered RL for superhuman drone racing, and scaled robotic data pipelines at NVIDIA GR00T. We introduced the paradigm of generative simulation, built Genesis, Jiminy, Flightmare, and GVBD Voxels, and invented the IPC algorithm. We built cross-platform GPU compilers VeriGPU, DeepCL, Coriander, and the original PyTorch, and industry-leading rendering engines at Epic, Unity, and Google. We also spearheaded the first multimodal foundation models at Mistral AI and Apple Intelligence. Now, we’ve come together at Genesis AI to close the loop, and build what’s next. Join us → genesis-ai.company/join-us

Looking forward to an exciting final day of RSS tomorrow with our WCBM workshop kicking off at 8:20 at USC! More details on the website: wcbm-workshop.github.io @RoboticsSciSys @YoungwoonLee @Xingyu2017 @ToruO_O @pabbeel




🚀 Franka Research 3 now integrates with GELLO – a ROS 2-based framework for real-time teleoperation! Gripper control (Franka Hand & Robotiq) for HRI, prototyping & more. Get started: franka-community.de/t/new-release-… GitHub: github.com/wuphilipp/gell… #FrankaFR3 #ROS2 #TeleoperationFrankaFR3 #ROS2 #Teleoperation

#RSS2025 Workshop on Whole-Body Control & Bimanual Manipulation: Applications in Humanoids & Beyond 🤖 Join us with our amazing lineup of speakers from academia & industry! Share your latest work by May 23 wcbm-workshop.github.io @RoboticsSciSys



I finally wrote another blogpost: ysymyth.github.io/The-Second-Hal… AI just keeps getting better over time, but NOW is a special moment that i call “the halftime”. Before it, training > eval. After it, eval > training. The reason: RL finally works. Lmk ur feedback so I’ll polish it.








Check out our #ICRA2025 paper where we train a home robot to walk quietly! Project site: sony.github.io/QuietWalk/ Video: youtube.com/watch?v=6RjkBH… Authors: Ryo Watanabe, Takahiro Miki, Fan Shi, Yuki Kadokawa, Filip Bjelonic, Kento Kawaharazuka, Andrei Cramariuc and Marco Hutter

Introducing Vega: 🤖 @DexmateAI's newest robot that makes complex manipulation tasks simple. ✨ A step closer to intelligence and automation. 🚀 🎥 Watch now: youtu.be/PecqfiJNwQI #Robotics #AI #Automation

Low-cost teleop systems have democratized robot data collection, but they lack any force feedback, making it challenging to teleoperate contact-rich tasks. Many robot arms provide force information — a critical yet underutilized modality in robot learning. We introduce: 1. 🦾A low-cost, force-feedback-enabled teleop system. 2. 🥊Force-Attending Curriculum Training (FACTR) uses force to improve generalization in complex, contact-rich tasks. jasonjzliu.com/factr/ 🧵(1/N)
