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[Foundation Robotics @foundation_robo]

We took Phantom MK1 to Vegas and then this happened...

#lasvegas #humanoidrobot

[Sankaet @sankaet]

@davidsenra is this why I dont have my gta 6 yet?

[Sankaet @sankaet]

@sourceryy @a16z @aleximm lidar DOES NOT have better performance in fog, snow, rain. It’s quite the opposite. It fires laser pulses to create precise 3D point clouds. So raindrops, snow, fog scatter those beams and create noise. Radar is helpful in those situations

[Louis Morgner @louismorgner]

our convo with @sankaet building humanoid robots to one day build a city on mars is live now.

- why they focus on heavy industrial tasks (and how to build actuators)
- their 2030 master plan
- what the next gen of founders should work on today

@foundation_robo

[Sankaet @sankaet]

@louismorgner Thanks for coming by

[REINDUSTRIALIZE SUMMIT @reindsummit]

"If we actually want to increase our overall manufacturing output, and in case of the US, reindustrialize America, we need automation."

@sankaet of CEO at Foundation Future Industries at Reind 2.0

[Sankaet @sankaet]

@JacobZietek correct

[Sankaet @sankaet]

You mean VLAs. VLMs are like your pre-frontal cortex. They will be responsible for reasoning and memory at a high level.

Combining them in a world model handicaps you on the data that can be used to train this. You want to be able to use text to also learn higher-order reasoning.

World models are like your pre-motor cortex; they build an intuition around conditioned and unconditioned sequences to then plan actions and how to do them. You can learn unconditioned sequences by watching videos on the internet and conditioned ones by robot “free play”.

If the cost of data was equal across text, images, video, and teleop, then all of this would be in an end-to-end model. But it’s not, so hierarchical makes the most sense—just like the human brain.

[Sankaet @sankaet]

@philliplord1 @foundation_robo Thanks for coming by 🙂

[Sankaet @sankaet]

@luke_metro This is very accurate

[Royden D'Souza @roydendsouza]

🚨⚡BREAKING NEWS: Foundation Robotics ran a pilot in Ukraine

🧵1/2

@sankaet says the first battlefield use case for @foundation_robo Phantom bot is simple, immediate & high impact:

📌Supply pickup
📌Battlefield logistics
📌Sending bots into risky tasks instead of soldiers

[Sankaet @sankaet]

@mikekalilmfg Phantom mk1 can carry 40 kgs. Mk2 will be able to carry 80 kgs

[Sankaet @sankaet]

@cornelius_ong @TheHumanoidHub 🤐

[Sankaet @sankaet]

@TheHumanoidHub @cornelius_ong just saw this... they are cheaper and weight less since they require less components. Atleast that is true for our design

[Sankaet @sankaet]

Science education has been a passion of mine for a while. So we'll post more deep dives on various aspects of our technology. We’ve done hands and now head https://t.co/bTERqmmz4G

[Sankaet @sankaet]

Ever wondered whats inside a humanoid head and how its different to biological intelligence? @foundation_robo team did a deep dive. Full video in 🧵

[Sankaet @sankaet]

Both Phantom and I went on @MorningsMaria to discuss @foundation_robo and our collaboration with DoW and Ukraine and why I think deploying humanoids in the military is the best way to ensure lasting peace in our lifetime

[Sankaet @sankaet]

Science education has been a passion of mine for a while. So we'll post more deep dives on various aspects of our technology. Here's the first on humanoid hands https://t.co/ld7Vee6wKm

[Sankaet @sankaet]

@shapathdas @foundation_robo happy to explore.. @padsmagt will be the person worth talking to. Full disclosure - we are pretty advanced on this front on our side as well. This has been our focus for last 18 months and for 6-7 years for Patrick

[Sankaet @sankaet]

Ever wondered whats inside a humanoid hand? @foundation_robo team did a deep dive on humanoid hands. Full video in 🧵