Autonomous Systems

Find out how autonomous systems use AI, sensors, and robotics to operate independently in the real world.

SLAM VR Tracking and Its Connection to Egocentric Robot Data

SLAM VR Tracking and Its Connection to Egocentric Robot Data

See how SLAM VR tracking works inside a headset, where it fails, and why a drifting head pose weakens egocentric and teleoperation data.

A Guide to Lidar Sensors for Robots: 2D, 3D, Flash, and FMCW

A Guide to Lidar Sensors for Robots: 2D, 3D, Flash, and FMCW

Explore the main types of lidar sensors, how they measure distance, and which types of robots are best suited to 2D, 3D, flash, and FMCW...

Exploring Lidar Robotics in Humanoids and When It Helps

Exploring Lidar Robotics in Humanoids and When It Helps

Learn why some humanoids use lidar robotics while others rely on cameras, how each sensor compares, and what that choice means for robot training data.

What a LeRobot Dataset Carries and What It Leaves Behind

What a LeRobot Dataset Carries and What It Leaves Behind

See how a LeRobot dataset stores robot demonstrations, how it compares with older formats, and what can get lost in the conversion to LeRobot.

What the EgoDex Dataset Gets Right About Egocentric Data

What the EgoDex Dataset Gets Right About Egocentric Data

Explore what makes the EgoDex dataset useful for robotics, from hand pose and task design to language annotations, and how to evaluate egocentric datasets.

How Robot Training Data Shapes Dexterous Manipulation

How Robot Training Data Shapes Dexterous Manipulation

Learn what dexterous manipulation means, why timing and contact data are key, and how multimodal datasets train reliable robot-hand policies

What We Learned Building a SLAM Robotics Pipeline

What We Learned Building a SLAM Robotics Pipeline

See how we built a SLAM robotics pipeline that turns bimanual demonstrations into reliable camera trajectories, and why ORB-SLAM3 alone wasn't enough.

Real-World Applications of Robotics and Physical AI

Real-World Applications of Robotics and Physical AI

Explore real-world applications of robotics across warehouses, factories, farms, and aerospace, and learn how physical AI and high-quality data power intelligent robots.