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IMA-Catcher: An IMpact-Aware Nonprehensile Catching Framework based on Combined Optimization and Learning
Francesco Tassi (Human-Robot Interfaces and Interaction Lab., Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Italy), Jianzhuang Zhao (Human-Robot Interfaces and Interaction Lab., Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Italy), Gustavo J. G. Lahr (Human-Robot Interfaces and Interaction Lab., Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Italy), Luna Gava (Event-Driven Perception for Robotics Lab, Istituto Italiano d…

IMA-Catcher: An IMpact-Aware Nonprehensile Catching Framework based on Combined Optimization and Learning
Robotic catching of flying objects typically generates high impact forces that might lead to task failure and potential hardware damages. This is accentuated when the object mass to robot payload ratio increases, given the strong inertial components characterizing this task. This paper aims to address this problem by proposing an implicitly impact-aware framework that accomplishes the catching task in both pre- and post-catching phases. In the first phase, a motion planner generates optimal tra…

Access to state funded financial aid isn't something that the feds can stop. The feds can't tell the states what laws they can write, nor punish citizens for following those laws (like sanctuary city laws).
Trump admin sues Walz, Minnesota over in-state tuition for immigrants | Courthouse News Service
https://www.courthousenews.com/trump-admin-sues-walz-minnesota-over-in-state-tuition-for-immigrants/

We should probably open our borders wiiiiide open if it means we finally start electing non-shitty mayors.
https://mastodon.social/@QasimRashid/114750496166939453

Qasim Rashid, Esq. (@QasimRashid@mastodon.social)
Attached: 1 image A reminder that it was never about following the law and being documented—it was always about banning non-white immigration, period. Elon Musk, an white undocumented immigrant, can destroy the Govt & he's praised. A brown immigrant and US citizen can get elected to NYC Mayor & he's a danger. smh

Next week is the first edition of the relaunch of Papers Club! Read the following paper in preparation: “Critical Ignoring as a Core Competence for Digital Citizens” by Anastasia Kozyreva, Sam Wineburg, Stephan Lewandowsky, and Ralph Hertwig.
Date: July 28th, 2025
Time: 6:00 PM (discussion will happen about a half an hour later).
Location: Victory Cafe, 440 Bloor St. W., Toronto.
A link to the paper and the PDF can be found at the Luma link. RSVP is not necessary but r…

Here’s the key point: Trump’s corruption of justice isn’t just individual; it’s categorical. We have grown accustomed to him rewarding his loyalists and punishing his critics. That he fired the prosecutors who worked on his federal criminal cases while pardoning the Jan. 6 rioters represents a textbook case of individual favoritism.
The Trump administration’s abuse of the civil rights division is something else entirely. It had already initiated a “litigation freeze” on filing new civil rights cases, and it had indicated that it was even going to reconsider previous settlements and consent decrees intended to address police misconduct.
...
Civil rights laws are designed in part to protect innocent citizens — including, of course, innocent citizens from minority communities — from unjust government officials. Here, the legal world is turned upside down. The Justice Department is using its civil rights division to protect an unjust government official who violated the civil rights of an innocent individual.
#USPolitics
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/20/opinion/dillon-taylor-justice-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.X08.0DWy.hF58YNdciy3A&smid=url-share

Iran vowed swift retaliation Saturday following the U.S. military’s strikes on the Iranian nuclear program.
“Every American citizen or military personnel in the region is now a target,” a commentator on Iranian state media said.
Al-Asad Air Base, an Iraqi installation 150 miles west of Baghdad that is operated jointly by the Iraqi and U.S. air forces, houses thousands of American troops,
the largest U.S. deployment in the country.
Iran and its proxies have in recent…

U.S. bases that could attack Iran — and become targets
A number of U.S. military sites in the Middle East could face reprisals if Trump strikes Iran.

I was recently asked “Why did you choose #Swift for Studioworks?”
There are reasons that I intend to write about; strong-but-approachable types is a key reason. I was just catching up on a talk from @… where he said the following:
“[Swift Concurrency] is taking in…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
Cerrone & Christine and the Queens:
🎵 Catching Feelings
#Cerrone #ChristineandtheQueens
https://cerroneofficial.bandcamp.com/track/catching-feelings
https://open.spotify.com/track/5WZL03aLF9GVNaa5Q6ATNe

Cowboys Star Micah Parsons Takes Shot at Jerry Jones https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/dallas-cowboys/micah-parsons-takes-shot-jerry-jones/?adt_ei=[email]

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #AmyLamé
Cerrone & Rahim Redcar:
🎵 Catching feelings
#Cerrone #RahimRedcar
https://cerroneofficial.bandcamp.com/track/catching-feelings
https://open.spotify.com/track/5WZL03aLF9GVNaa5Q6ATNe