Zero-shot pick-and-place trained entirely in simulation! 👾 @sudo_robotics held their first public demo showing a mobile humanoid robot doing zero-shot pick-and-place at ICRA. The robot foundation model was trained entirely in simulation, no real-world data, no teleoperation. Pick and place is the fundamental skill. Until you solve it for any item, even items the robot has never seen, you won't solve downstream robotics problems. Let’s have a look at the design: Mobile base with vertical mobility (Z-axis), seven degrees of freedom per arm, three RGB cameras (wrists + eyes). Two-finger gripper in this demo but gripper-agnostic for different use cases. Trained under diverse lighting scenarios. Picks up anything. Audience members tested it with items from their pockets, keys, wallets, whatever. It has picked up straws and even my AirPods case 😁 For now this is a platform for developers and researchers. Demo centers opening in Shanghai, Zurich, and Mountain View. ~~ ♻️ Join the weekly robotics newsletter, and never miss any news → ziegler.substack.com