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@deeppil Yeah but if i were to redesign from scratch i would use something like uno q, high performance + real-time capabilities in one!
store-usa.arduino.cc/pages/uno-q
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Hardware seems to be in pretty good shape now 🥳
Pi to arduino communication solid
ROS can see lidar scan messages
Encoder ticks from the wheels are good
We ready to ✨attempt✨ SLAM 🗣️🗣️
Will need to get better wheels ofc and voice recognition still needs work so turn down your volume lol
Cat@catplotlib
You gotta have fun with it
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We’ve reorganized around designing and shipping the world’s best robotics *products*. More soon.
Boston Dynamics@BostonDynamics
Balancing commercial goals and robotics research can be tricky, but with Atlas we're making it work.
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Where are India’s Nobel Prizes?
Before independence, a few Indian scientists did some really great work with minimal infrastructure.
Today, our research baseline has improved- we’ve done some really great work, yet world-changing breakthroughs have slowed. Why?
There are three reasons:
> Our brightest minds are choosing corporate jobs or civil services over scientific research.
> Modern science requires far more infrastructure & computation.
> And India spends just ~0.6% of GDP on science & technology compared to the US and China.
If we want to build a truly tech-forward nation, we need more quality students in science, and we must bridge this infrastructure gap.
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Robots aren’t just the future — they’re already reshaping our world.
At IIT Madras, the new M.Tech in Robotics, offered under the Department of Engineering Design, is building the brains behind tomorrow’s intelligent machines. From motion planning and control to AI/ML and hands-on labs, this two-year program blends cutting-edge research with real-world industry relevance — powered by a strong robotics faculty team and a legacy of interdisciplinary innovation.
Rooted in the success of the Inter-Disciplinary Dual Degree (IDDD) Robotics program, this two-year program brings together expert faculty members and a powerful blend of theory and hands-on learning.
From robot design and analysis to motion planning, control systems, and AI/ML, students dive deep into the science and engineering behind next-generation robotic systems. Add immersive lab work and cutting-edge projects, and you have a curriculum that’s as practical as it is pioneering.
Manufacturing, healthcare, logistics, and defence — robotics is reshaping them all. This program is about building the minds that will lead to that transformation.
If the future runs on robots, it starts here.
For more details visit: ed.iitm.ac.in
@iitmadras
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Is there any resource to build such an arm from scratch, Id like to accelerate my ai and robotics learning.
Kyle Vedder@KyleVedder
im often asked “how do i break into robot learning without a phd?” buy an SO-101 ($300) and do something interesting understand the stack, train models, implement a paper, do serious on-robot evals, document your work the pool of talent with real experience is v small
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If scaling laws apply here we might have something
Curiosity@CuriosityonX
🚨: A petri dish of human brain cells just learned to play DOOM
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basics of ros (robot operating system)
if you want to work in robotics seriously, you’ll touch ros. it’s not optional.
what ros actually is:
not an operating system.
it’s middleware. the glue between sensors, actuators, and code.
the core ideas:
• nodes → small programs that do one job (camera reader, motor controller, planner)
• topics → message channels where nodes publish/subscribe data
• messages → structured data (images, velocity commands, imu readings)
• services → request/response calls between nodes
• actions → long-running goals with feedback (move to this position)
why it matters:
robots are distributed systems. perception, control, planning, ai; all running at once. ros organizes the chaos.
instead of writing one giant messy program, you build small nodes that talk to each other. modular. replaceable. scalable.
start simple:
install ros2 on ubuntu.
write a publisher.
write a subscriber.
make them talk.
once you understand that, you understand the nervous system of modern robots.

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india has 2, maybe 3 years before 20% of its economy is vaporized by thinking sand
indiabros, please pivot from bits to atoms ASAP

Citrini@citrini
JUNE 2028. The S&P is down 38% from its highs. Unemployment just printed 10.2%. Private credit is unraveling. Prime mortgages are cracking. AI didn’t disappoint. It exceeded every expectation. What happened? citriniresearch.com/p/2028gic
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