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PickNik Robotics announces the release of MoveIt Pro, a commercial robotics software platform that extends the open-source MoveIt project. The update includes support for AI models like Gemini, SAM3, and Codex, as well, enhancements to visual reasoning, trajectory stitching, and ROS compatibility. The platform is designed for unstructured environments and supports a wide range of robotic arms, t
Universal Robots and Scale AI have unveiled the UR AI Trainer, an imitation learning system designed to accelerate AI model training by capturing high-fidelity, synchronized robot and vision data. This system enables direct lab-to-factory AI training using UR robots with Direct Torque Control and force feedback, addressing challenges in data capture and hardware fragmentation. The collaboration also includes a large-scale industrial dataset and showcases real-world robotic foundation model performance.
NVIDIA has released SOMA-X v0.3.0, a unified framework for parametric human body models that decouples identity representation from pose parameterization. The release supports six identity backends including SOMA-shape, SMPL, and SMPL-X, and introduces native hand layers with interoperability for user-supplied MANO models. Designed for commercial use under the Apache 2.0 license, the model enables real-time simulation pipelines on NVIDIA GPUs with throughput exceeding 7,000 meshes per second on an A100. The core pipeline relies on closed-form analytical modules rather than learned neural networks, though an optional shallow MLP can be enabled for surface correction.
Helix 02, a single neural system that controls the full body directly from pixels, now performs end-to-end living room cleanup, including tasks like cleaning surfaces, handling flexible objects, and bimanual manipulation. The system learns new capabilities through data without requiring new algorithms or specialized engineering.
LeRobot has released a Vision-Language-Action (VLA) model, π₀.₅, trained on robot demonstrations and multimodal data for long-horizon tasks. The model supports flow-matching for action prediction and is compatible with the original reference code. It is intended for fine-tuning on specific use cases and includes both inference and training examples.
PickNik announces the release of MoveIt Pro, a commercial robotics software platform built on the open-source MoveIt project. The update highlights new features such as support for FANUC and Kawasaki robots, integration with Meta Quest for AI data collection, Diffusion Policies for end-to-end AI training, and enhanced simulation capabilities with IMU and 3D Lidar support. The platform is designed for unstructured environments, providing tools for motion planning, grasping, perception, and behavior sequencing.
LeRobot has released π₀.₅, a Vision-Language-Action (VLA) model with open-world generalization capabilities, trained on robot demonstrations and multimodal data. The model supports flow-matching for action prediction and is intended as a base model for fine-tuning. Code and documentation are provided for inference and training.
NVIDIA has released the GR00T N1.5 model, a cross-embodiment foundation model for generalized humanoid robot reasoning and skills. The model can be fine-tuned using teleoperation data from a SO-101 arm, with a detailed tutorial provided for developers. The release includes instructions for dataset preparation, fine-tuning, evaluation, and deployment.
Hugging Face introduces SmolVLA, a 450M parameter open-source Vision-Language-Action model for robotics, trained on community-shared datasets. It outperforms larger models in simulation and real-world tasks, supports asynchronous inference for faster response, and is designed for deployment on consumer hardware.
Open Robotics announces the release of ROS 2 Kilted Kaiju, a new version of the Robot Operating System with support for Zenoh middleware, Python improvements, and enhanced ROSBag features. The release is supported on Ubuntu 24.04 and Windows, with plans for future improvements in the upcoming Lyrical Luth release.
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