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Robotics company Releases Advanced Humanoid Robot, Adam
A robotics company has announced the release of Adam, a humanoid robot designed to replicate human movements with precision and agility. Adam's hardware architecture features a biomimetic pelvis design, enabling complex motions and adaptability in various environments.

Key Features:

  • 37 degrees of freedom
  • Powered by 20 actuators and a PMC control system
  • 163 CNC machined components and 397 3D printed parts
  • Seven types of composite materials and 13 different processes used in manufacturing
    Advancements:
  • Imitation learning framework using human locomotion data
  • Enables human-like characteristics in locomotion tasks
  • Potential for real-world applications and human interaction

Challenges:

  • Designing complex systems remains a challenge
  • ND Biotics developed an imitation learning framework to address this

Future Developments:

  • Advancing Adam's capabilities to compete with other AI-powered humanoids
  • Potential for automation of new tasks
  • Breakthrough Visual language AI Model, Shen2-VL
  • Achieves state-of-the-art performance in visual comprehension tests
  • Excels in interpreting images and videos
  • Supports multiple languages
  • Open-sourced under the Apache 2 license

Capabilities:

  • Visual comprehension and reasoning
  • Decision-making and problem-solving
  • Multilingual support
  • Video content analysis and summarization

Limitations:

  • Cannot extract audio from videos
  • Knowledge current only as of June 2023
  • Struggles with tasks involving counting, character recognition, and 3D spatial awareness
  • Innovative AI Model for Video Generation, Video-01
  • Creates high-resolution videos from text prompts
  • Resolution of 1280x720 pixels and 25 frames per second
  • Virtual camera control for added creativity
  • Plans to extend video length from 6 seconds to 10 seconds

Availability:

Currently available for free on the company's website
Requires user registration with a mobile number
API available for developers

Styles:
Anime, CGI, and video game graphics
Impressive video quality with few image errors
Capable of displaying text within videos