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dev.to > morinaga > what-i-learned-merging-seven-public-datasets-to-train-a-single-class-shelf-detector-2k38

What I learned merging seven public datasets to train a single-class shelf detector

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (1106+ words) Before dataset sourcing makes sense, the problem framing matters — because the framing determines which datasets are useful. The shelf scanner I built does not try to recognise products. It detects empty space only. Single class: empty_space. When a detection fires, the…...

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dev.to > jeuigi78638 > 2026-the-year-embodied-ai-went-to-work-a-field-guide-4i3a

2026: The Year Embodied AI Went to Work — a Field Guide

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (538+ words) If you follow robotics news in 2026, you've probably noticed something: the field suddenly got loud. Humanoid robots are shipping in five-figure volumes, automakers are standing up robot programs, and every AI lab seems to have a "world model" or "VLA…...

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dev.to > vmodal_ai > open-vocabulary-object-detection-for-robots-using-vision-language-models-1p01

Open-Vocabulary Object Detection for Robots Using Vision-Language Models

1+ week, 6+ day 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…...

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dev.to > frankchu > while-vcs-pour-billions-into-humanoids-hugging-faces-tiny-open-source-robot-quietly-passed-1m-in-2p88

While VCs pour billions into humanoids, Hugging Face's tiny open-source robot quietly passed $1M in sales

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (1114+ words) I just wrote about the billion-dollar rounds flooding into humanoid robotics. Here is the story from the other end of the scale, and I find it more encouraging. Hugging Face's open-source robot, a 25-centimeter bipedal machine with fifteen actuators and…...

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dev.to > vmodal_ai > accelerating-physical-ai-workloads-with-nvidia-cuda-and-tensorrt-2f4m

Accelerating Physical AI Workloads with NVIDIA CUDA and TensorRT

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (263+ words) NVIDIA CUDA provides a platform for GPU-accelerated computing, while TensorRT is designed to optimize and execute supported neural network inference workloads efficiently on NVIDIA GPUs. A common pipeline looks like: Modern neural networks perform many operations that can be executed…...

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dev.to > daniel_possiblekwabi_b57 > computers-powered-by-living-human-brain-cells-5e2i

Computers Powered By Living Human Brain Cells?

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (267+ words) So what is this even? It's Bio-computing. And what is Bio-computing? It's using living neurons as processors instead of your normal silicon chips. Now these cells can adapt, self-organize, and process information in parallel. As we can see, this mimics…...

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dev.to > vmodal_ai > building-a-voice-controlled-robot-with-kotlin-and-llms-4mn0

Building a Voice-Controlled Robot with Kotlin and LLMs

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (274+ words) Natural-language interfaces can make robots easier to operate. Instead of selecting individual buttons, an operator can say commands such as asking a robot to move, inspect an area, or report its status. The LLM should not directly control motors. It…...