drift

Intelligence for robotics engineering.

[drift @GoDrift_ai]

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[drift @GoDrift_ai]

Which simulator should you actually use?

https://t.co/nsG0AkZABC

[drift @GoDrift_ai]

Every roboticist has lost a weekend to the wrong simulator.

Gazebo, Webots, Isaac Sim, CoppeliaSim, PyBullet, MuJoCo, we figured out which one each job actually wants, so you don't have to learn it the hard way!

[drift @GoDrift_ai]

Here's everything from the last two weeks at Drift! ⬇️

[drift @GoDrift_ai]

One more prompt adds a LiDAR. Now it senses the world around it.

https://t.co/i9K5Vy6oI8

[drift @GoDrift_ai]

The moment a robot stops driving blind and starts sensing the world is the moment robotics gets real.

We added a LiDAR to our Gazebo sim from a single prompt. URDF link, joint, ray sensor plugin, frames and /scan all lined up.

The part that usually eats an hour, done in context!

[drift @GoDrift_ai]

@virgilci Which simulator have you been using lately?

[drift @GoDrift_ai]

Every roboticist has lost a weekend to the wrong simulator.

Gazebo, Webots, Isaac Sim, CoppeliaSim, PyBullet, MuJoCo, we figured out which one each job actually wants, so you don't have to learn it the hard way!

[drift @GoDrift_ai]

@nikx_NN @Stone_Tao Hi @nikx_NN , can you please share with which email have you signed up? We'll look into why you are facing issues and one of us will reach out to you on email to resolve it. Thanks.

[drift @GoDrift_ai]

@Stone_Tao Hey, yes, these are demonstrations used for the website. We are always improving our platform and would love for you to try it out and share feedback. Drift can now actually generate near-perfect simulations!

We are reachable at founders[@]godrift[.]ai

Thanks.🙌

[drift @GoDrift_ai]

The moment a robot stops driving blind and starts sensing the world is the moment robotics gets real.

We added a LiDAR to our Gazebo sim from a single prompt. URDF link, joint, ray sensor plugin, frames and /scan all lined up.

The part that usually eats an hour, done in context!

[drift @GoDrift_ai]

Presenting : Project context - Drop a DRIFT . md or SKILLS . md in your repo and Drift uses it on every step. No more re-establishing context turn after turn.

Here's quick video walkthrough:

[drift @GoDrift_ai]

At what point does a machine stop being a machine and become a robot?

We went down this rabbit hole. The honest answer: nobody fully agrees.

But almost every robot follows one loop. Sense → Think → Act. Hundreds of times a minute.

[Nikhil Kumar @nikhilkr]

A small milestone at @GoDrift_ai this week - we received a new robot arm from @makermodsai and had it executing tasks within hours of opening the box.

Two things made that possible:
> Makermods built hardware that's genuinely easy to assemble. It's rare in this space and worth calling out
> Drift is designed so that new hardware becomes useful immediately and not after weeks of integration

We'll be running this arm on real-world tasks over the coming weeks and sharing what we learn, the good, the broken and the surprising. Stay tuned!

[drift @GoDrift_ai]

Opening a giant open-source robotics repo for the first time is genuinely intimidating.

We pointed Drift at @huggingface's LeRobot and said: "Inspect the lerobot directory and give a summary."

A few seconds later the entire architecture was mapped.

[drift @GoDrift_ai]

Empty ROS2 workspace. One prompt.

A few minutes later: a differential drive robot with LiDAR, running in Gazebo.

No packages, no URDF, no launch files to start. This is Drift!

[drift @GoDrift_ai]

Try it - https://t.co/S8OStj1S0J

[drift @GoDrift_ai]

Drift v1.0.24 - for robotics engineers tired of re-explaining their project to agents every command.

Shipped:

🧠 Project context - drop a DRIFT.md or SKILLS.md, it's used on every step

🤖 MuJoCo + Gazebo, end-to-end - URDF, MJCF, plugins, launch, debug, run, train

⚙️ Multi-step builds that hold context - robot -> world -> sim -> tune, one prompt

[Nikhil Kumar @nikhilkr]

Last one month at San Francisco was one of those very fast and full of learning month ever in my life. And honestly, it was one of those months that sets the tone for everything after!

And the most fun part was that here in San Francisco, nobody was asking whether robots or AI agents would work anymore.

That question is already so behind.

The only question I hear in SF is how fast can we convert our vision into reality and that's exactly the kind of place @godrift_ai needs to be 🚀

[drift @GoDrift_ai]

Try it: https://t.co/tgaFU6CxQq

[drift @GoDrift_ai]

Drift v1.0.24 is live!

for robotics engineers tired of re-explaining their project to agents every command.

Shipped:
🧠 Project context - drop a DRIFT.md or SKILLS.md, it's used on every step
🤖 MuJoCo + Gazebo, end-to-end - URDF, MJCF, plugins, launch, debug, run, train
⚙️ Multi-step builds that hold context - robot -> world -> sim -> tune, one prompt