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Physical AI & Humanoid Robotics Textbook

Bridging Digital Cognition with Physical Embodiment

Master the neural nervous system of robots. Dive deep into nodes, topics, and services to orchestrate complex humanoid behaviors.

ROS2 Core Concepts

Understand the foundational elements of ROS2, including its distributed architecture, nodes, topics, and services for inter-process communication.

Robotics Middleware

Explore the role of middleware in robotics, enabling seamless integration of hardware and software components for complex robotic systems.

Behavior Orchestration

Learn how to orchestrate complex humanoid behaviors using ROS2, from basic movements to advanced task execution.

Learning Outcomes:

Bridge the sim-to-real gap. Leverage Gazebo and Unity to create high-fidelity virtual labs for safe and scalable AI training.

Sim-to-Real Gap

Bridge the gap between virtual simulations and real-world robot performance, ensuring robust and reliable operation.

Virtual Labs (Gazebo/Unity)

Leverage high-fidelity simulation environments like Gazebo and Unity to create safe and scalable virtual labs for AI training.

Physics-Based Simulation

Understand the principles of physics-based simulation for accurate modeling of robotic dynamics and interactions.

Learning Outcomes:

Deploy intelligence to the edge. Explore hardware requirements, quantum-crypto trends, and real-time inference on NVIDIA Jetson platforms.

Edge AI Deployment

Deploy intelligence directly to the edge, optimizing AI models for real-time inference on robotic hardware.

Hardware Requirements

Explore the hardware requirements for AI-powered robots, including embedded systems and specialized processing units.

NVIDIA Isaac Platform

Utilize the NVIDIA Isaac platform for accelerated AI development, simulation, and deployment in robotics.

Learning Outcomes:

Explore the frontier of embodied AI. Understand Visual-Language-Action (VLA) models and the cognitive architectures driving next-generation humanoid robots.

Visual-Language-Action (VLA)

Understand how VLA models integrate vision, language, and action to enable more intelligent and versatile robotic behaviors.

Cognitive Architectures

Explore advanced cognitive architectures that drive next-generation humanoid robots, enabling reasoning and decision-making.

Embodied AI

Delve into the frontier of embodied AI, where AI systems learn and interact with the physical world through a robotic body.

Learning Outcomes:

ROS2 & Robotics Middleware

ROS2 & Robotics Middleware

Master the neural nervous system of robots. Dive deep into nodes, topics, and services to orchestrate complex humanoid behaviors.

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Digital Twin & Physics Sim

Digital Twin & Physics Sim

Bridge the sim-to-real gap. Leverage Gazebo and Unity to create high-fidelity virtual labs for safe and scalable AI training.

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Hardware & Edge AI

Hardware & Edge AI

Deploy intelligence to the edge. Explore hardware requirements, quantum-crypto trends, and real-time inference on NVIDIA Jetson platforms.

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