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VCoT-Grasp: Grasp Foundation Models with Visual Chain-of-Thought Reasoning for Language-driven Grasp Generation
Haoran Zhang, Shuanghao Bai, Wanqi Zhou, Yuedi Zhang, Qi Zhang, Pengxiang Ding, Cheng Chi, Donglin Wang, Badong Chen
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.05827

VCoT-Grasp: Grasp Foundation Models with Visual Chain-of-Thought Reasoning for Language-driven Grasp Generation
Robotic grasping is one of the most fundamental tasks in robotic manipulation, and grasp detection/generation has long been the subject of extensive research. Recently, language-driven grasp generation has emerged as a promising direction due to its practical interaction capabilities. However, most existing approaches either lack sufficient reasoning and generalization capabilities or depend on complex modular pipelines. Moreover, current grasp foundation models tend to overemphasize dialog and…

MAGA Land as graceful and dignified as usual after a bad night - National Zero
https://nationalzero.com/2025/11/07/maga-land-as-graceful-and-dignified-as-usual-after-a-bad-night/

Grasp-MPC: Closed-Loop Visual Grasping via Value-Guided Model Predictive Control
Jun Yamada, Adithyavairavan Murali, Ajay Mandlekar, Clemens Eppner, Ingmar Posner, Balakumar Sundaralingam
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.06201

Grasp-MPC: Closed-Loop Visual Grasping via Value-Guided Model Predictive Control
Grasping of diverse objects in unstructured environments remains a significant challenge. Open-loop grasping methods, effective in controlled settings, struggle in cluttered environments. Grasp prediction errors and object pose changes during grasping are the main causes of failure. In contrast, closed-loop methods address these challenges in simplified settings (e.g., single object on a table) on a limited set of objects, with no path to generalization. We propose Grasp-MPC, a closed-loop 6-Do…

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Georg Philipp Telemann, Katy Bircher, Adrian Chandler & La Serenissima:
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Rechenzentren-Boom: Großbritannien steht vor Stromanschluss-Problemen
Großbritanniens Stromnetz droht zum Flaschenhals für den digitalen Ausbau. Tech-Konzerne überfluten Netzbetreiber mit spekulativen Rechenzentren-Anträgen.
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As failures go, attempting to recall the past is like trying to grasp
the meaning of existence. Both make one feel like a baby clutching at
a basketball: one's palms keep sliding off.
-- Joseph Brodsky

Grokipedia content often closely mirrors Wikipedia except for some political topics but its use of AI makes it better than Wikipedia on obscure entries (Business Insider)
https://www.businessinsider.com/grokipedia-elon-musk-wikipedia-ai-which…

I tried Grokipedia. It has something to teach Wikipedia about AI.
Grokipedia's mission to be "anti-woke" doesn't appeal to me. But its use of AI to help write articles actually makes some sense. Wikipedia, take note.

Everything-Grasping (EG) Gripper: A Universal Gripper with Synergistic Suction-Grasping Capabilities for Cross-Scale and Cross-State Manipulation
Jianshu Zhou, Jing Shu, Tianle Pan, Puchen Zhu, Jiajun An, Huayu Zhang, Junda Huang, Upinder Kaur, Xin Ma, Masayoshi Tomizuka
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.04585

Everything-Grasping (EG) Gripper: A Universal Gripper with Synergistic Suction-Grasping Capabilities for Cross-Scale and Cross-State Manipulation
Grasping objects across vastly different sizes and physical states-including both solids and liquids-with a single robotic gripper remains a fundamental challenge in soft robotics. We present the Everything-Grasping (EG) Gripper, a soft end-effector that synergistically integrates distributed surface suction with internal granular jamming, enabling cross-scale and cross-state manipulation without requiring airtight sealing at the contact interface with target objects. The EG Gripper can handle …

Vision-Guided Targeted Grasping and Vibration for Robotic Pollination in Controlled Environments
Jaehwan Jeong, Tuan-Anh Vu, Radha Lahoti, Jiawen Wang, Vivek Alumootil, Sangpil Kim, M. Khalid Jawed
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.06146

Vision-Guided Targeted Grasping and Vibration for Robotic Pollination in Controlled Environments
Robotic pollination offers a promising alternative to manual labor and bumblebee-assisted methods in controlled agriculture, where wind-driven pollination is absent and regulatory restrictions limit the use of commercial pollinators. In this work, we present and validate a vision-guided robotic framework that uses data from an end-effector mounted RGB-D sensor and combines 3D plant reconstruction, targeted grasp planning, and physics-based vibration modeling to enable precise pollination. First…