YFYuki Furutainblog.yukifuruta.com·2d ago · 27 min readUnderstanding UMI by Running It: How Robot Imitation Learning WorksThis article explains UMI: Universal Manipulation Interface, a framework for collecting robot demonstration data and training manipulation policies. We will follow the official pipeline from raw human00
MEMahdi Eghbaliinaijob.hashnode.dev·4d ago · 7 min readThe Hidden Bottleneck in Robot Learning Isn’t Algorithms — It’s EnvironmentsWhy simulation-first robotics needs shared scenes, shared rules, and a shared arena — not another one-off Isaac Lab repo. Every robotics lab eventually hits the same quiet failure mode. You pick a st00
Mmarcuscheninvoicelatency.hashnode.dev·5d ago · 6 min readThe Friday before we shipped the voice agent, I went looking for 500 callers who did not existThe demo worked. That was the problem. Every time I called our voice agent myself, it behaved. I knew the happy path because I built the happy path. I said my account number clearly, I waited for the 00
MWMaggie Wanginanypcba.hashnode.dev·Jul 10 · 5 min readFrom “Simulation Passed” to “Production Failed”:5 Truths Every Hardware Engineer Needs to KnowYou spent weeks on the layout. You ran DRC. You triple‑checked the BOM. Your design review team signed off. Simulation results were perfect — impedance curves within spec, timing margins generous, eye00
YFYuki Furutainblog.yukifuruta.com·Jul 2 · 17 min readUnderstanding EgoMimic by Running It: How First-Person Human Videos Can Help Robot Imitation Learning1. What is EgoMimic? EgoMimic is a method for using first-person human videos and 3D hand trajectories as data for robot imitation learning. https://egomimic.github.io/ In many previous approaches tha00
SPShawn palinshawnpal.hashnode.dev·Jun 30 · 9 min readBuilding a Physics-Based High Pressure Compressor Digital Twin using SolidWorks, ANSYS and MATLABIntroduction Digital Twins are transforming the way engineers design, monitor, and maintain complex mechanical systems. Instead of relying only on simulations or physical testing, a Digital Twin combi00
SGShubhojyoti Gangulyinmeridianpro.hashnode.dev·Jun 20 · 6 min readMeridian is live: the product that tells you what to build — and what it's worthJune 2026 · Shubhojyoti Ganguly, Co-Founder & CTO, Nestafar Technologies I want to start with the part most launch posts leave out: the failure that made this one necessary. Before Meridian, we built00
SKSudhin Karkiintechgigsudhin20.hashnode.dev·Jun 18 · 5 min readMy First ROS2 Robot: Making Turtlesim Move in a CircleDemo Video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/154eNwBe6CacOM7m-WoXqhVTfeJqjVc1J/view?usp=drive_link Introduction Today I built my first ROS2 robot controller. The goal was simple: create a custom ROS2 n00
MMatheshinblog.quasarcommunity.org·Jun 15 · 20 min readMaking Autonomous Vehicles Agree at IntersectionsHi, I am Mathesh. I have been working on this project for the last few months at UC Santa Cruz, with guidance from Professor Mohsen Lesani, and I wanted to share the current updates and findings from 10
LLeoTheAIDevinaltiverse.hashnode.dev·Jun 14 · 7 min readBuilding AltiVerse: A Local-First Alternate-Reality Simulator and fully opensourceI’ve been building an open-source project called AltiVerse. Github: https://github.com/LeoTheAIDev/Altiverse The idea started with a question: What if you could take one decision, fork it into severa00