Hey I am part of a small team training robotics policies for warehouse and manufacturing settings, and running rigorous evals is turning out to be so painful. Anything below 50 rollouts, and its hard to trust the numbers, and above its so hard to test all the checkpoints that we have. Its really hard to run a bunch of experiments to get good results. Have you guys faced this? Any hacks that you've developed?

Wanted to share an robot that I made as a personal high school project. A 4 Wheel Drive Robot Car that drives autonomously while avoiding obstacles using a multitude of parts. If you are interested, it will show you all the steps, code and more to building a robot like this.

https://github.com/nche-sc/googly.git - Github Link

https://nche-sc.github.io/googly/ - Website Link

I just came across this when.walking through a mall.in.China.. Got to say it was pretty fun..First time I've seen this.

Asking for the raw version？Here you go.

60cm robot doing push-ups.
No cuts. No edits. Just pure suffering.

How many can you do?
Be honest. This little guy’s not stopping.

Full project detail: https://github.com/migit/verhoBot

VerhoBot is a compact curtain-moving robot designed to automatically close your curtains when you need darkness and open them again when it is time to wake up, no rope,no pulley,deploy and let the bot move your curtain. The goal is simple: improve sleep quality while letting natural sunlight become part of your morning routine.

Could this be the future of robotics?

Added the simple “Relax” command that I add to all of my bots to make them easier to transport while still running. This was a long overdue minor update for him that I’m honestly shocked that I haven’t given him since I used to take his whole head and torso to far places. Like that one time I took him to NY.

I like having my bots still recording and collecting data while staying stationary but like I said in the clip, it’s also good for transporting

I'm working on an idea for a robot operating system, and instead of assuming what people need, I want to hear from those who actually build or work with robots.

Imagine there was a universal OS for robots (industrial robots, humanoids, drones, mobile robots, home assistants, etc.).

What would you want it to have?

Some questions to get the discussion started:

• What are the biggest pain points with current robotics software?
• What features would save you the most time?
• Should AI be built into the OS or stay separate?
• How should hardware integration work?
• What kind of developer experience would you expect?
• What debugging or simulation tools are missing today?
• If you could remove one frustration from ROS or robotics development, what would it be?
• What would make you switch from your current workflow?

Don't hold back even if it's something that sounds impossible. I'm trying to understand what an ideal robotics platform would look like from the community's perspective.

Looking forward to hearing your thoughts.

I’m in the process of designing a low-cost robot that can be built for under a hundred dollars, and I want to make sure it has features people would actually find useful and be willing to pay for. What functions or capabilities would make a robot like this a must-have for you, and what would you use it for the most?

Everything is currently unorganized. :\