Still not quite feeling ready to take the plunge yet...
#NANC
I no longer make hard right turns on the 405 fwy doing 70mph at 3am in the morning
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#NANC
I no longer make hard right turns on the 405 fwy doing 70mph at 3am in the morning
#NANC
I no longer make hard right turns on the 405 fwy doing 70mph at 3am in the morning
I can understand Prez Trump's feelings on this.
It'd be like having photos of other employees you used to work with around. The one really annoying dude in particular!
It'd be like having photos of other employees you used to work with around. The one really annoying dude in particular!
Olaf, the video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-L8OFMTteOo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-L8OFMTteOo
Olaf: Bringing an Animated Character to Life in the Physical World
Olaf, the paper.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.16705
https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.16705
Olaf: Bringing an Animated Character to Life in the Physical World
Animated characters often move in non-physical ways and have proportions that are far from a typical walking robot. This provides an ideal platform for innovation in both mechanical design and stylized motion control. In this paper, we bring Olaf to life in the physical world, relying on reinforcement learning guided by animation references for control. To create the illusion of Olaf's feet moving along his body, we hide two asymmetric legs under a soft foam skirt. To fit actuators inside the character, we use spherical and planar linkages in the arms, mouth, and eyes. Because the walk cycle results in harsh contact sounds, we introduce additional rewards that noticeably reduce impact noise. The large head, driven by small actuators in the character's slim neck, creates a risk of overheating, amplified by the costume. To keep actuators from overheating, we feed temperature values as additional inputs to policies, introducing new rewards to keep them within bounds. We validate the efficacy of our modeling in simulation and on hardware, demonstrating an unmatched level of believability for a costumed robotic character.
IBM CEO Says the Math Just Doesn’t Add Up on Its Competitors’ AI Spending awwwwwww https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ibm-ceo-math-ai
BTW golang runs great on Z/OS proper and nobody uses it 'cept IBM itself.
BTW golang runs great on Z/OS proper and nobody uses it 'cept IBM itself.
I tune in KNX in Los Angeles on my AM rayy-dee-o [they have a reliable 500 mile broadcast range at nite]+ they're talking about a giant tree falling in Guerneville.
Nobody there will know what a guern ville is.
Nobody there will know what a guern ville is.
