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Notes, journals, travel logs, and reflections.

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Sep 3, 2026

G1 Bottle Pick-and-Lift: Sim-to-Real Grasping and Lifting with a 600 ml Bottle

Final report: transferring the hybrid Isaac Lab and PPO system to a real Unitree G1 for bottle grasping and lifting.

TechnicalEnglishPhysical AIRoboticsReinforcement LearningSim-to-RealUnitree G1

Aug 20, 2026

G1 Bottle Pick-and-Lift: Object-Relative Corrections and Real-Robot Integration

Week 3: improving integrated success with object-relative control and moving the learned policy toward real G1 deployment.

TechnicalEnglishPhysical AIRoboticsReinforcement LearningIsaac LabSim-to-Real

Aug 14, 2026

G1 Bottle Pick-and-Lift: Mass Curriculum and a Safe Approach Policy

Week 2: scaling to a 0.62 kg bottle while developing curriculum learning and a safer approach policy.

TechnicalEnglishPhysical AIRoboticsReinforcement LearningIsaac LabCurriculum Learning

Aug 5, 2026

G1 Bottle Pick-and-Lift with Isaac Lab and PPO: Building the MVP

Week 1: building the first reinforcement-learning MVP for bottle grasping and lifting with Unitree G1.

TechnicalEnglishPhysical AIRoboticsReinforcement LearningIsaac LabPPO

Jul 30, 2026

Robot Visual Inspection Agent: Latency Optimization and G1 Camera Compatibility

Final report: optimizing the inspection pipeline and completing the PoC with Go2 and G1 camera compatibility.

TechnicalEnglishPhysical AIRoboticsComputer VisionPerformanceUnitree G1

Jul 23, 2026

Robot Visual Inspection Agent: A Near-Real-Time Path-Risk Dashboard with Grounding DINO

Week 3: replacing unstable VLM reasoning with grounded detection and deterministic geometric risk policies.

TechnicalEnglishPhysical AIRoboticsComputer VisionGrounding DINOUnitree Go2

Jul 16, 2026

Robot Visual Inspection Agent: Continuous Local-VLM Analysis of Go2 Camera Feeds

Week 2: connecting the Go2 camera to a persistent local VLM pipeline for continuous visual inspection.

TechnicalEnglishPhysical AIRoboticsVLMCycloneDDSUnitree Go2

Jul 9, 2026

Robot Visual Inspection Agent with Unitree Go2 and G1: Building the MVP

Week 1: designing and implementing the first end-to-end MVP for a robot visual inspection agent.

TechnicalEnglishPhysical AIRoboticsVLMUnitree Go2

Jun 1, 2026

THE FIRST POST: Right before summer break

The first post, but no technical content, just a reflection.

JournalMandarinUCSDReflection