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Mapping the Unknown: Robotic Teams Navigate Communication Limits

January 5, 2026 by BBG News

A distributed system deploys 66 explorers and 1212 inspectors to concurrently map and verify an undefined number of features, coordinating subgroups for task completion while a mobile ground station actively collects updated findings from the explorers-a process demonstrated across four large-scale operational environments.

A new framework empowers fleets of robots to simultaneously explore and inspect large, complex 3D environments even with restricted communication.

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Teaching Robots to Understand Praise

January 5, 2026 by BBG News

New research introduces a dataset and benchmark for training robots to interpret natural language feedback, paving the way for more intuitive human-robot interaction.

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Droplets That ‘See’ With Chemistry

January 5, 2026 by BBG News

A self-propelled agent can navigate complex mazes autonomously by employing a chemical echolocation strategy-emitting a chemical signal that is reflected by dead ends, effectively guiding it toward an open reservoir-demonstrating consistent success even without external guidance or chemical sources, a capability underpinned by a signal-to-noise ratio consistently exceeding one, unlike source-seeking agents which falter in larger mazes due to diminished signal strength at greater distances.

Researchers have engineered microswimmers capable of autonomously navigating complex environments by sensing the chemical traces of their own movements.

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Scaling AI with Light: A New Era of Photonics-Powered Computing

January 5, 2026 by BBG News

SimPhony integrates device- and circuit-level photonic modeling with architectural analysis and resource estimation, fostering a co-exploration of system design and algorithm development under the realistic limitations of physical hardware-a methodology designed not merely to optimize performance, but to acknowledge the inherent constraints within which all systems inevitably reside and evolve.

Researchers are charting a course toward large-scale artificial intelligence systems powered by photonics, demanding a complete overhaul of design methodologies.

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Robots Get Their Bearings: AI-Powered Exploration and Object Retrieval

January 5, 2026 by BBG News

The agentic exploration stack integrates perception, localization, and mapping to construct a semantic representation of the environment, which then informs an LLM-driven reasoning core and a finite-state orchestrator to strategically trigger low-level skills based on decision history.

A new system combines large language models with robotic platforms, allowing robots to understand instructions, map environments, and autonomously locate and grasp objects.

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Beyond Lists: Smarter Recommendations with Generative Slate Planning

January 5, 2026 by BBG News

HiGR employs a framework centered around semantic tokenization-achieved through a CRQ-VAE-and hierarchical slate decoding, enabling coarse-to-fine generation with global planning and item-specific refinement, further enhanced by an ORPO-based preference alignment module that iteratively optimizes output quality based on user feedback.

A new framework, HiGR, leverages advanced generative techniques to move beyond simple item lists and create more diverse and satisfying recommendation slates for users.

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Bridging the Gap: AI Vision Guides Robots to Seamless Action

January 5, 2026 by BBG News

VLA-RAIL decouples visual language model inference from robotic control through an asynchronous, client-server architecture utilizing ZMQ for communication, enabling flexible deployment across diverse models and platforms-with a server handling computationally intensive inference on GPUs and a multi-threaded client managing observation acquisition, request processing, trajectory refinement, and real-time motion control.

Researchers have developed a new framework that allows robots to react to visual instructions in real-time, achieving smoother and more efficient manipulation.

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Beyond Algorithms: Reimagining Recommendations with Large Language Models

January 5, 2026 by BBG News

The OneRec series models utilize a post-training pipeline to refine performance and optimize functionality.

A new framework, OpenOneRec, is leveraging the power of generative AI to build more flexible and performant recommendation systems.

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Seeing the Parts: How Vision Transformers Build Images From Primitives

January 4, 2026 by BBG News

The research details a compositionality framework applied to Vision Transformers, focusing on learning a composition function during Level 1 Discrete Wavelet Transform decomposition-specifically utilizing coefficients [latex]DaD_a[/latex], [latex]DbD_b[/latex], [latex]DcD_c[/latex], and [latex]DdD_d[/latex]-to enable a more nuanced understanding of feature representation.

New research reveals that Vision Transformers decompose images into fundamental components, mirroring how humans understand visual scenes.

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AI Agents Design Next-Gen Chips in Record Time

January 4, 2026 by BBG News

TCADAgent establishes an end-to-end framework for device TCAD simulation and optimization driven by natural language, achieved through a process beginning with dataset construction, progressing to supervised fine-tuning, and culminating in a multi-agent system capable of autonomously navigating complex semiconductor design spaces.

A new framework harnesses the power of artificial intelligence to automate semiconductor device design and optimization, dramatically accelerating the path to future technologies.

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