Readit Newsvhartman commented on π0.5: A VLA with open-world generalization pi.website/blog/pi05... · Posted by u/lachyg
The primary bottleneck is typically the motion planning system that must continuously solve complex optimization problems to ensure safe trajectories while avoiding collisions in dynamic environments.
These models typically predict actions directly, there is no motion planning going on here.
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Looking for robotics jobs (controls/navigation), or interesting general software engineering.
vhartman commented on How to smooth and spread A* paths for an RTS construct.net/en/blogs/as... · Posted by u/AshleysBrain
The path simplification technique in the post is called "shortcutting" in robotics. Here [1] is some approachable explanation, the original paper [2] is relatively digestible read as well, and has some other techniques in there (amongs thm, partial shortcutting, which I found extremely helpful in robotics path planning).
Regarding general multi agent path finding: There is a lot of literature around with respect to time optimal planning in MAPF both in robotics, and in adjacent fields.
[1] http://www.osrobotics.org/osr/planning/post_processing.html
[2] https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/document?repid=rep1&type=pdf&d...
vhartman commented on Citing revenue declines, Airbnb cuts 25% of workforce techcrunch.com/2020/05/05... · Posted by u/dancric
Zurich and London top out at $100k, any more and we're talking managerial responsibilities. Compared to SF or SEA they are only paying ~25% market rate.
The safety net argument has no legs. Australia and Canada both have social benefits that far exceed the majority of EU nations, yet pre-pandemic there was no shortage of $150k+ dev roles.
Zurich does definitely not top out at 100k. Depending on your negotiation skills, you'll start at about 120-140k in the big tech companies, around 120k in data science consulting, 120k for data science in banks, 80-100k at the smaller software companies.
vhartman commented on The first two years of my PhD rachitnigam.com/post/firs... · Posted by u/rachitnigam
Many PhDs in America expect you to be self-supporting, so you have to take up a loan. I believe the practice is explicitly forbidden in most European countries, so you have to earn funding before starting your research (I could be wrong on this, especially regarding the social sciences). PhDs in America also last way longer, 6+ years vs. 5 years max, generally 3 or 4 in most of Europe.
Also, and this is veering into anecdotal stuff, PhD students in Europe tend to be fresh out of university, in their early to mid twenties, and their life is still a bit of a mess in many aspects, much of it due to their being in the middle of a PhD with a close and looming deadline. Their American counterparts tend to be more stable and 'adult', have a spouse and kids, maybe partly due to the fact that they start later and take longer.
There are other aspects such as many American labs being much larger so the PI can become some sort of distant god-like figure that you hardly ever meet. Of course all of it is a huge generalization from my lived experience and that of people I know, so other people should feel free to chime in and correct what I've said.
Some things don't change though - everyone is underpaid.
I am currently doing a PhD in Europe. The duration of 3 or 4 years is only really true for hard sciences/engineering, and can be much longer in other fields.
The self-support part is not true for the UK at least - I got admitted to the program but did not get funding, so I could have taken a loan. In Germany, I am employed as a 'research assistant' during my PhD, and while underpaid compared to FAANG (or other tech firms), my salary is around the median wage.
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Boston Dynamics is a leading developer of advanced dynamic robots, including Spot, Atlas, Handle, and others. We love to create innovative machines that combine advanced control systems, software, sophisticated mechanical designs, onboard sensing and perception, and extraordinary behavior.
Folks here are hard-working, humble, helpful and enjoy a good work-life balance.
We're hiring for a wide variety of positions - such as Machinists, Electrical Engineers, Mechanical Engineers, and a wide variety of Software Engineering positions. While prior robotics experience is nice, for many positions it is not a requirement.
Please apply on the job posting page (https://www.bostondynamics.com/jobs). Thanks!
Hey! I saw that you are not currently taking summer interns. Do you do off cycle internships by any chance?
vhartman commented on With lax oversight, the FAA has enabled secrecy in the skies apps.bostonglobe.com/spot... · Posted by u/duck
This article is interesting but it's also completely unreadable in Firefox and Edge because they inexplicably decided to render black text on top of relatively dark photos.
??? What is with modern newspaper site design these days? Every time they update their designs it gets harder to read them, even though they're trying to convince me to pay for it.
It's not only that. I was unable to read any text even after the facebook-popup since scrolling did only sometimes lead to scrolling, and arrows did not do anything either.
How was I supposed to view this website?
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Minodes is a startup in the retail analytics space. Based in the heart of Berlin, we provide (offline) retailers innovative solutions to understand their business better, enhance their customers' in-store shopping experience, and bridge the gap between online and offline using machine learning approaches.
From a technology perspective, we have thousands of our sensors installed in our customers' retail stores around the world and a server infrastructure to manage these sensors and to process the terabytes of data that they are producing. Our tech stack consists of Python (and Golang) for data processing and analysis, and Cassandra and Postgres for data storage. We work, learn and develop while having lots of fun on the way. The usual perks (drinks, breakfast, nice office, ...) are included. We're also happy to help with visa and relocation where necessary.
We are looking for a wide range of people to join our team, including:
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No recruiters please.
Hey, I applied ~2 weeks ago and did not hear anything back yet. Is that a "no", or does it just take longer?