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Ha I was thinking of this thread ..good to see it still exists. Thought you might like to see this radio guided slope mower I"m waiting for,  it's on the boat from China to here.
It's on tracks, has a snow blade and is piloted with a remote (no automation). About $3000 including shipping.



https://fr.aliexpress.com/item/1005004682111923.html

> onboard AI learns the steps?
Probably. Interesting question. I found these articles with a link to the code used:

Making a robot learn how to move — Intro
https://towardsdatascience.com/making-a-robot-learn-of-to-move-intro-2bcf3c3330df

The dynamical model of a robot, i.e. the mathematical model describing how inputs affect the movement of each joints, can be very complex, especially when dealing with robots with many Degrees of Freedom (DOFs). Links are often dynamically coupled: the movement, velocity and acceleration of a link affects the other in complex ways. There are inertia effects, centrifugal, Coriolis and gravitational effects, non-linear frictions and so on. All of these can be hard to model mathematically. So, the question is: can the robot learn how to move? In the next series of posts, I will show different approaches, techniques and algorithms that I’ve developed along with a colleague of mine. You can find all the code developed for this project in this GitHub repository.

Making a robot learn how to move, part 1 — Evolutionary algorithms
https://towardsdatascience.com/making-a-robot-learn-how-to-move-part-1-evolutionary-algorithms-340f239c9cd2

Fresh input

hey Oilman

opinions

GitHub buried a data archive at the North Pole in case post-apocalyptic society needs help

Dear people of the future: we’re sorry for whatever horrible thing we did that caused the apocalypse (was it nukes? climate change? killer robots? idiots who wouldn’t wear masks during a pandemic?). But the good news is, if you’re reading this you must have found GitHub’s buried data archive containing everything you need to reboot society

https://thenextweb.com/neural/2020/07/20/github-buried-a-data-archive-at-the-north-pole-in-case-post-apocalyptic-society-needs-help/

Bill Gates fan here.. sorry
In my humble opinion that video sucks on many levels.

There is no such thing as a Global Health monopoly.  And if there were thank god it's not with the US or any other governments.
I think The Gates Foundation is doing critical work that governments are failing to get done alone.

sacrifices