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Oier Mees

@oier_mees
Robot Learning & Foundation Models @microsoft & External Lecturer @ETH. Prev. postdoc at @berkeley_ai. PhD @UniFreiburg. Prev. intern @NVIDIAAI.
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    Oier Mees
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    Jun 10
    A few years ago, learning robot learning meant stitching together dozens of papers and courses — with no clear path from the basics to what state-of-the-art systems actually do. This was one of the motivations behind creating @ETH's course "Robot Learning: From Fundamentals to
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    Oier Mees
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    Aug 19
    Getting a paper accepted is great, but receiving a note like this from a co-author truly made my day 😊 Mentoring and working through ideas together is easily one of the best parts of research
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    Jul 30
    𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗱𝗼 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹-𝗽𝘂𝗿𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗼𝘁𝘀 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗵𝘆𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱? How robots bridge language and physical action is a question that has fascinated me
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    Oier Mees
    @oier_mees
    Jul 22
    𝗧𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗮𝘁 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗼𝗳𝘁 🤖💙 Looking back, I feel incredibly grateful for the opportunity to help shape Microsoft's robotics strategy and contribute to the growth of our robot learning effort in Zurich.
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    Oier Mees
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    Jul 16
    𝗗𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗲-𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗼𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹𝘀. 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗱, 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆 Modern VLAs and world-action models can perform impressive
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