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28+ min ago   (918+ words) Now that major computer manufacturers are pushing “AI PCs” and often charging a premium for them, should businesses shell out the extra cash to buy them? On PC manufacturers’ websites, you’ll find no shortage of marketing literature claiming that AI-specific…...

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1+ hour ago   (174+ words) Caterpillar, the industrial equipment giant, is drawing on its long history in autonomous mining technology to broaden its use of AI across construction, manufacturing, and enterprise operations. CTO Jaime Mineart said the company is now extending lessons learned from automating…...

9+ hour, 44+ min ago   (700+ words) 4 in 1 AI Vehicle Inspection Solution 1 What Problems Does an AI Vehicle Inspection Solution Solve? Manual inspections have long been the standard in automotive service centers. However, they come with several limitations: For high-volume environments such as dealerships or fleet service…...

31+ min ago   (338+ words) technetbooks.com TimesFM 3 Foundation Model Enables Single Pass Multivariate Forecasting Researchers have released TimesFM 3, a 330 million parameter foundation model designed for multivariate time series forecasting. The system processes related series data and planned future events in 1 single forward pass without…...

34+ min ago   (151+ words) Traditional object detectors are trained on a fixed set of classes. But robots often encounter objects that were not explicitly included in their original training labels. Open-vocabulary perception allows a robot to query concepts using natural language. A robot deployed…...

34+ min ago   (152+ words) A robot needs more than image classification. It needs to know: 3D object detection answers these questions in physical space. A 3D bounding box can contain: LiDAR naturally provides 3D geometry. A typical pipeline is: Challenges include sparse points and computational cost. A…...

34+ min ago   (72+ words) The planner explores promising cells while avoiding blocked cells. Instead of systematically exploring grid cells, it samples points and gradually grows a tree. A typical loop is: Basic RRT can produce inefficient paths. For a robotic arm, a state may…...

34+ min ago   (172+ words) A path planner tells a robot where it should go. A controller determines how the robot should move to follow that path. Model Predictive Control (MPC) repeatedly predicts future behavior and chooses control inputs that optimize a short horizon. The…...

34+ min ago   (144+ words) A traditional robot pipeline often separates perception, planning, and control. A VLA-oriented architecture can be: The system needs to connect: Do not expose raw motor commands directly to a language model. Instead use an action interface: This creates a safer…...