Robots and Advanced Control Theory, Associate Prof @TUEindhoven. Coordinator H2020 project @I_AM_H2020, impact-aware manipulation for logistics

Noord-Brabant, Nederland
Joined April 2010
Unboxing of the Duatic Alpha humanoid @duatic_ag! Best way to start the acadenic year. With such a fast and strong robot, we widen our options to validate contact-rich and impact-aware manipualtion strategies on relevant industrial use cases. #robotics #manipulation #eindhoven
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Taking a break from IROS on the West Side lake, Hangzhou
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if we would expand the acronym AI as Artificial Intuition, it would be way more accurate and descriptive of what the technology is. People would likely also stop to yell at each other, debating if it is intelligent or not :) – at Eindhoven, Nederland
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Cleaning up my office, before the moving. This is from 1996. We are still busy with the same problem after 30 years. And apparently trying with the same approach. Anyway, that is why it is important to read the "old" literature. Do not reinvent the wheel :)
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Parallel physics simulation is a key component to further develop robot autonomy in dynamic environments. Still ample space for improving the accuracy in contact forces and velocities. Exciting times.
Hillbot and UCSD introduce ManiSkill-HAB, a GPU-accelerated benchmark for in-home object rearrangement, 3x faster than prior methods. Includes RL/IL baselines, automated event annotations, and scalable dataset creation for diverse AI training scenarios.
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This @ieeetro Special Collection on Impact-Aware Robotics was a great fun to organize! There is still a lot of things to do to get robots at the level of dexterity of human beings but, hey, we are getting there! #Robotics @TUeindhoven
T-RO Special Collection #ImpactAwareRobotics is live! A special thank you to Abderrahmane Kheddar, @YanGuRobotics, @MichaelAPosa, @AleSaccon, and handling editor Paolo Robuffo Giordano for their tireless commitment. ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/topi… #LeggedRobots #RobotSensingSystems
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Last week I have I have attended the talk of @FabAroundEU, CEO of @AxeleraAI, at the @TUeindhoven , organized by the student association Kickoff EHV. Honest and inspiring. One remark that I liked: Everybody has great ideas, the challenge it is to make them happen! #AI #Robotics
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There was also a great presentation by the @serpentine_ai, showcasing some of interesting AI projects TU/e students are busy with!
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When people say locomotion is solved, they mean this is possible. Truly remarkable and beyond natural (animals have no wheels) #robotics
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Feed your fears with hope.
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beautiful sentence by @UgHLyDuCkLiN, heard during a 60m running session using the NRC app today. Love it.
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and yes, the pic is not from today. This morning was raining and my phone was in a plastic bag :)
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Extremely happy for this award recognizing our effort for storing robotics research data according to FAIR principles, started within the @I_AM_H2020 project on impact-aware manipulation. Webpage of the impact-aware robotics database in the comments. #robotics #eindhoven
Time to reveal the #DutchDataPrize winners of 2024! In the category #Natural & #Engineering Sciences - #NES - the winner is 'Impact-aware Robotics Database'. Congratulations Maarten Jongeneel and @AleSaccon of @TUEindhoven #RDNL
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Looking for a PhD for further developing a large-area robot skin for dynamic manipulation? We have an opening in our group! Check link for direct application in the comments #robotics #eindhoven #tue
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Work in collaboration between ME, EE, and M&CS departments of the TU/e
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A bit late perhaps, but I have just realized that taste is an individual bias that is very useful for evolution – at Eindhoven, Nederland
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In the robotics section (RBT) of the ME dept of @TUeindhoven, we are scouting for assistant/associate professors in machine learning for manipulation in unstructured man-made environments. If you like the idea of moving to Eindhoven and have the right experience, DM or email me.
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I guess we need to fix a few things before using GenAI to make a robot understand our world :) It is, in any case, mesmerizing!
Gymnastics is the Turing test of video generation models
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