2d ago · 9 min read · TL;DR TwinVLA (arXiv:2511.05275) is a framework that composes two pretrained single-arm VLAs into a coordinated bimanual manipulation policy — without any large-scale bimanual pretraining. Two instances of SingleVLA (0.8B) are connected through Joint...
Join discussion3d ago · 12 min read · TL;DR Swerve Drive is an omnidirectional mobile platform where each wheel independently controls both its steering angle and drive speed. It achieves slip-free omnidirectional motion with full traction — the key advantage over Mecanum/Omni wheels. Th...
Join discussion4d ago · 11 min read · TL;DR GR00T N1 (arXiv:2503.14734) is NVIDIA's world-first open-source generalist humanoid robot foundation model, announced at GTC 2025 in March. GR00T N1.5 (May 2025) follows with FLARE loss + Eagle 2.5 VLM upgrade, pushing real-robot language-follo...
Join discussionAug 15, 2025 · 7 min read · Welcome to the next pikoTutorial! In the first article of Trying ROS2 series I showed how to implement and examine a basic publisher and subscriber within a single Docker container. Now it's time for checking out how do you implement and set up a cli...
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Aug 5, 2025 · 7 min read · Welcome to the next pikoTutorial! I've worked with ROS 1 on various projects, but with its end-of-life approaching in 2025, it felt for me like the perfect time to dive into ROS 2. In this article you'll read about: setting up a typical ROS publishe...
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Aug 4, 2025 · 1 min read · This is where the magic happens – connecting your ROS2 world with our CARLA simulator! We'll download and build the carla-ros-bridge from its repository. Navigate to /~ and clone the bridge repository: cd ~ sudo git clone --recurse-submodules https:...
Join discussionAug 4, 2025 · 2 min read · Welcome to the second part of our beginner's journey! Now, it's time to dive into the powerful robotics framework ROS2 Humble, which will serve as the "brain" for our autonomous applications. After that, we'll install the crucial CARLA-ROS2 bridge to...
Join discussionAug 3, 2025 · 1 min read · Welcome to the next pikoTutorial! The error we're handling today is a ROS runtime error: The message type 'X' is invalid Typically occurring when calling commands like: ros2 topic echo /topic_name What does it mean? To understand where does this err...
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Jul 7, 2025 · 3 min read · 🛠️ Introduction When most people hear CAD (Computer-Aided Design), they think of mechanical engineers designing gears or automotive parts.But in the world of robotics, CAD is just as essential or maybe even more. As a mechanical engineering student ...
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Jun 19, 2025 · 10 min read · 🏙️ The Problem in Robot Town... So far, bots like WeatherBot and UmbrellaBot have been talking to each other, but only using plain text messages (std_msgs/String). That’s like sending someone a sticky note with just one word: “Rainy.” But what if we...
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