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Foundation vision-language models are becoming increasingly relevant to robotics because they can provide richer semantic perception than narrow task-specific pipelines. However, their practical adoption in robot software stacks still…
We present an advance in wearable technology: a mobile-optimized, real-time, ultra-low-power event camera system that enables natural hand gesture control for smart glasses, dramatically improving user experience. While hand gesture…
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