this is true in RL for robots too btw 🫢

cheeky way to get in-home data, most people will be probably too lazy to delete footage, so 1X gets a free pass while signaling privacy

bay area sunny day = photo shoot day

about to be “in town” again to visit another customer 🤣

Introducing Deft Robotics’s mobile manipulator, Simba V1. Coming soon to a distribution center near you. Developers - anyone want to be a beta tester? V2 could go <$17K, after accounting for tariffs and more assemblies brought in-house. V3 will be <$10K.

we all just want to matter

Deft Robotics is hiring! Deft Robotics We’re here to fast-track the rollouts of dexterous robots worldwide. (details soon!) And we need ur help: - Founding Systems SWE - Founding ML Engineer (Robot Learning) DM me or Jason Shin about the hardest tech problem you’ve solved.

See you at the global LeRobot hackathon this weekend! We’re donating some hardware in the Mtn View location Deft Robotics This is a LOT of LeKiwis 😳

1/18 Introducing Frontier Valley: A new special regulation district in SV that’s larger than SoMa. Once approved, it will be America's epicenter for physical AI and deep tech innovation, and will also be a template for "robotics-first" cities that can be replicated nationwide.

Had a great time judging the LeRobot hackathon as a part of the Deft Robotics team! It was exciting to see so many innovative projects. Thank you Dhruv Diddi and everyone for organizing such an amazing hackathon!

we’re here for the long run now ❤️🇺🇸🦅

The number of startups trying to sell data to general purpose + humanoid robots companies seems to exceeds the number of actual robot startups. This is ... concerning. Do the hard thing. Hard things filter out competition. Optimize for the world you want to see, not your IRR

big 3 in smart glasses for robotics data collection rn? +Aria 2 from Meta but not really publicly available

gn 🇺🇸

Fun chatting Jie Wang - excited to see more research from you soon. Our SF site is open-invite to anyone working on robot learning! DMs open.