Stanford researcher discusses UMI gripper and diffusion AI models

https://umi-gripper.github.io/videos/teaser_data_collection_dish.mp4

The Robot Report recently spoke with Ph.D. student Cheng Chi about his research at Stanford University and recent publications about using diffusion AI models for robotics applications. He also discussed the recent universal manipulation interface, or UMI gripper, project, which demonstrates the capabilities of diffusion model robotics.

The UMI gripper was part of his Ph.D. thesis work, and he has open-sourced...