Tommy AutoTech

CPG manufacturing expert with a soft spot for the Knicks and Spike Lee. Tweeting about: Basketball, tech and manufacturing.

[Tommy AutoTech @TomAuto_]

All it makes me think of is the 'this is fine' dog. 2021 was enough.

[WestCoastWX22 @ElijahBman]

You just gotta love the euro AI showing a June 2021 heat dome style repeat in the Pacific Northwest in 10 days. It is one of the more volatile solutions and unlikely to be this strong, but well come back to this later. #bcstorm #bcheat. Do not worry yet.

[NVIDIA @nvidia]

Building autonomous vehicles, robots, and vision AI takes more data than any team can collect on their own.

At #CVPR2026, NVIDIA announced physical AI agent skills to help speed development: composable workflows that automate data generation, simulation, policy training and evaluation, powered by Cosmos 3.

Read the blog: https://t.co/osWtEASPa3

[Wevolver @WevolverApp]

VinRobotics' VR-H3 integrates locomotion, perception, teleoperation, payload handling, autonomous navigation, and AI-based control within a single humanoid platform. The focus is on developing systems that can operate in real environments and improve through deployment. As humanoid robotics advances, key challenges include reliable mobility, object manipulation, human interaction, and adaptation to industrial, logistics, service, and everyday settings.

Video Credit: VinRobotics

#engineering #technology #robotics

[Tommy AutoTech @TomAuto_]

@CyberRobooo Humanoid gets the hype, but a wheeled dual-arm version for warehouse floors? That’s the one I’d actually spec.

[Tommy AutoTech @TomAuto_]

@ZSchneeweiss @ElThorn22 Tried explaining this three-year high headline to my kids. They asked if it was another War of 1812 moment. Honestly, the Treaty of Ghent was easier to explain.

[Gulf Intelligence @gulf_intel]

Competitive advantage in the AI era will be determined by the quality, governance, and accessibility of data. Organizations that establish strong data foundations and governance frameworks will be better positioned to deliver consistent, repeatable AI outcomes and scale innovation across the enterprise.

Xi Liang, Head of Artificial Intelligence at Mashreq, highlighted that sustainable AI success depends on high-quality, governed data, emphasizing that trusted data foundations are essential for transforming AI from isolated use cases into enterprise-wide business value.

Click 👇 to follow the AI Arabia Center of Excellence Dialogues – Podcast series.
Part A: https://t.co/8OhlrcJl65
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@MashreqTweets @Microsoft_Saudi @Infosys #ArtificialIntelligence #DataGovernance #EnterpriseAI #DigitalTransformation

[Tommy AutoTech @TomAuto_]

@cybernetic_lab Insert Gordon Ramsay shouting 'it's RAW' after the bot ruins its 10,000th simulated omelet.

[Tommy AutoTech @TomAuto_]

@lukas_m_ziegler Pretty cool solution. Ship wall inspection is nasty work. Glad this keeps crews safe.

[Tommy AutoTech @TomAuto_]

@wealthmoose @adamchamb I'm all for warehouse work. The only politics I deal with is whether the vision system sees the box.

[Tommy AutoTech @TomAuto_]

@chesterzelaya Pretty cool demo. Sam3D body tracking on a $100 drone is way more fun than the warehouse vision systems I usually get stuck testing.

[Tianyi Xie @TianyiXie14]

Real-world robot data is precious, but humanoids need far more experience than we can collect one rollout at a time.

Excited to share GRAIL (https://t.co/w1UTSWfHZ5): a fully digital pipeline for generating humanoid loco-manipulation data from 3D assets, scenes, and video priors. 🧵(1/8)

[Tommy AutoTech @TomAuto_]

@PHfloor Every time I walk into a facility still hand unloading containers I wonder where the capex went. Tough scene.

[Jack Prandelli @jackprandelli]

🛢️One barrel of crude becomes 7 different products in a refinery

💥When the refinery burns, all 7 disappear

When you hear "Ras Tanura refinery shut down," most people think: "Gasoil prices go up."

But look at what actually comes out of one barrel:
→ LPG (<40°C): Cooking gas, heating
→ Naphtha (70-100°C): Petrochemicals, plastics, pharmaceuticals
→ Gasoline (40-150°C): Cars, transportation
→ Kerosene (150-250°C): Jet fuel, aviation
→ Diesel (250-350°C): Trucks, shipping, logistics
→ Heavy Gas Oil (350-450°C): Marine fuel, industrial heating
→ Residue (>450°C): Asphalt, industrial processes

1 barrel, 7 products.

When a refinery burns, you lose all 7 at once.

Why refinery destruction is worse than crude shortage?

Crude shortage:
→ Less oil to process
→ Refineries still convert what's available
→ System runs at lower capacity

Refinery destruction:
→ Crude available but no capacity to convert it
→ Crude sits in storage or gets shut in
→ All downstream products disappear simultaneously

What's offline now?
→ Ras Tanura (Saudi's largest): Shut down
→ Tehran refineries: Destroyed (20M+ liters/day gasoline offline)
→ South Pars gas: 60% offline

When refineries go offline, what stops?
→ Jet fuel: Airlines can't refuel, routes cut
→ Diesel: Trucks stop, logistics break
→ Naphtha: Petrochemicals, plastics, pharma production stops
→ LPG: Cooking gas, heating shortages
→ Gasoline: Transportation fuel

You can have all the crude in the world.

Without refineries, you can't convert it into usable products.

🚨 In my latest article I revisit The Merchant’s Portfolio and update the valuation scenarios for the most oil exposed positions.

Read the full breakdown, link in the below comments👇

[Ilia @IliaLarchenko]

I finished 2nd in the real-life round of the LeHome Challenge at @ieee_ras_icra !

This was a very interesting experience and a challenging task spanning VLAs, reinforcement learning, HIL data collection, sim-to-real transfer, and many other techniques.

Huge thanks to the organizers and @Lightwheel for making this happen, and congrats to the winning team!

As usual, I’ll open source my solution and make a detailed walkthrough video soon.

[Tommy AutoTech @TomAuto_]

@VaderResearch Does anyone else watch these robots dance and immediately think about container unloading? No? Just me?

[Tommy AutoTech @TomAuto_]

@Mar_Ex Piano Land to Buneavista to laid up in Hong Kong. More identities than my draft emails.

[Tommy AutoTech @TomAuto_]

Good for the robots booking primetime dance gigs, but I'd rather watch a tugger haul 12K lbs through live warehouse traffic. That's where embodied AI actually pays rent.

[Digital Supply Chain - Artificial Intelligence @DavyWaters]

Why Palantir Is Becoming the Brain of the Modern Supply Chain. Supply chains no longer fail because of a lack of effort—they fail because of fragmented data, slow decision-making, and an inability to respond fast enough to disruption. Further Detail: https://t.co/OZ7zSkFiX1

[Cisco Industrial IoT @CiscoIIoT]

As we introduce our latest advancements for the industrial edge, we're helping you build a foundation for the age of industrial AI. ✨ Watch as Richard Mullen brings the #CiscoLive World of Solutions to you - wherever you are.

Learn more: https://t.co/SvDyIR40eo

[Tommy AutoTech @TomAuto_]

@JFosterFM Exports moving like Spike Lee after a Knicks bucket. Capital goods stuck like my unvested 401k match.