Topic · AI agents
arxiv arXiv cs.LG · 9d ago

ROVE: Reinforcement Learning with Human Interventions for Humanoid Manipulation

ROVE enables humanoid Vision-Language-Action models to learn effective manipulation behaviors using imperfect human interventions. It combines a human-in-the-loop data collection pipeline with Optimistic Value Estimation and cross-embodiment supervision to prioritize high-value actions and improve robustness. ROVE outperforms baseline methods on real-world, contact-rich manipulation tasks through iterative rollout and intervention cycles.

arxiv arXiv cs.AI · 9d ago

CrossMaps: Confidence-Aware Semantic Mapping for Rover Navigation

CrossMaps is a real-time, confidence-aware semantic mapping pipeline that uses RGB-D data to create language-queryable maps. It integrates multi-scale CLIP embeddings with a dual-memory architecture—Short-Term and Long-Term Memory—to aggregate visual observations and promote coherent, confident cells as persistent semantic landmarks. The system enables natural language queries to guide rover navigation via semantic heatmaps.

media Latent Space · 9d ago

Satya Nadella on Loopcraft and Frontier Ecosystems

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella introduces 'Loopcraft' as a new theory of the firm, emphasizing that the real opportunity in AI lies not in selecting the best model, but in building learning loops that compound human and token capital. He asserts that the priority must be creating frontier ecosystems where every organization can own and grow its institutional knowledge, enabling broad value flow across industries and countries.

arxiv arXiv cs.LG · 9d ago

CrossMaps: Confidence-Aware Semantic Mapping for Rover Navigation

CrossMaps is a real-time, confidence-aware semantic mapping pipeline that uses RGB-D data to create language-queryable maps. It integrates multi-scale CLIP embeddings with a dual-memory architecture—Short-Term and Long-Term Memory—to aggregate visual observations and promote coherent, confident cells as persistent semantic landmarks. The system enables natural language queries to guide rover navigation via semantic heatmaps.