Guides
A robot video is the start of a question
A practical worksheet for identifying the task, control mode, edits and missing attempts in a robot video.
2 min read
PRACTICAL GUIDES
Understand the machine.
Prices, battery limits, balance, contact and software. Guides connect the published specifications with the physical task.
Research
Start with the task and the trial count
A compact reading method for robotics papers that keeps hardware, test conditions, success counts and missing evidence together.
2 min read
Guides
The price beyond the robot
Listed Unitree R1 and G1 prices, development access and the extra costs to include in a hardware quote.
2 min read
Guides
What a NEO pre-order includes
What 1X NEO order terms, basic autonomy, Expert Mode and privacy documentation establish for a prospective home buyer.
2 min read
Guides
Autonomy is a set of jobs
Separate balance, navigation, manipulation, task planning and recovery using published Atlas and NEO control examples.
3 min read
Guides
Battery life, heat and charging
Compare G1, Atlas and Digit 5 battery claims. Learn how heat, charging and task failures affect working time, with a reproducible eight-hour shift calculation.
10 min read
Guides
Program one joint first
Start with a small Python and MuJoCo control exercise, then learn where ROS 2 messages fit into a robot software system.
3 min read
Guides
How humanoids walk
Follow one humanoid step from IMU and joint measurements to foot placement, motor commands and recovery, with equations and measured G1 trials.
5 min read
Guides
Physical AI vs embodied AI
What the two terms mean, where they overlap, and the evidence to ask for behind a robotics claim.
2 min read
Guides
How robots learn
Imitation learning, reinforcement learning and simulation explained through ALOHA and a robotic hand experiment.
3 min read
Research
From images to robot actions
How RT-2 and OpenVLA turn images and instructions into robot actions, and what their results do not establish.
3 min read
Guides
Optical touch sensing in robot hands
How GelSight and DIGIT use optical tactile sensing, with examples of hidden contacts, small-tool handling and sensor wear.
3 min read
Articles
From simulation to physical walking
Follow the model, policy and hardware checks behind sim-to-real locomotion, with a measured OP3 walking study and explicit limits.
5 min read
Articles
Use physical logs to refine simulation
Learn what robot logs can identify, how to compare trajectories and how PACE and ASAP use physical data in two different correction methods.
5 min read
Articles
MuJoCo and a working G1 model
Load a pinned Unitree G1 model, inspect 29 actuators and record a joint response with a Python example executed in MuJoCo 3.15.0.
5 min read
Articles
Isaac Sim and Isaac Lab
Understand Isaac Sim 6.1, Isaac Lab 3.0 Early Access, current GPU requirements and the source configuration behind a G1 locomotion task.
6 min read
Articles
Choose a robotics software stack
Compare eight simulation tools by version, operating system, hardware, model format and licence, then place learning and ROS tools in the right layer.
6 min read
Articles
Plan a walking policy experiment
Use a pinned MuJoCo Playground G1 task to define observations, actions, rewards and held-out trials, with empty evaluation templates.
6 min read
Articles
Courses, credentials and practical skills
Compare real robotics learning resources, their costs and credential conditions, then build six projects with observable engineering outputs.
6 min read
Articles
Safety standards and machine conformity
Understand the scope of five ISO documents, CE marking, the EU machinery transition and the evidence needed to check a robot certification claim.
6 min read