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SIGGRAPH x Saturday Robotics — World Models for Robotics: Bridging Graphics, Simulation & Physical Intelligence | Reading Club 19, LA 07/22
Robotics & World Models Reading Club 19: World Models for Robotics: Bridging Graphics, Simulation, and Physical Intelligence — Los Angeles 07/22
A high-signal reading group for AI researchers & builders pushing the frontiers of robotic world models, WAMs, and embodied intelligence. In our previous sessions, we brought together researchers and engineers from Boston Dynamics, Google DeepMind, NVIDIA, Stanford, UC Berkeley, Dyna, Physical Intelligence, Tesla, Generalist, Rhoda AI, and leading Bay Area robotics startups.
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Reading Club 19's Core Theme
World Models for Robotics: Bridging Graphics, Simulation, and Physical Intelligence
Agenda
Location
Los Angeles Convention Center
Room: Room 510 – Fishbowl theater for 70 people
Date & Time
Wednesday, July 22nd | 3:30pm-6pm
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Agenda
3:30 PM – 4:00 PM Door Opens & Social
Food 😋, beverages🧋 and UNLIMITED strawberries 🍓 (our official reading club fruits ☺️😄).
4:00 PM – 5:30 PM Lightning Talks and Keynotes (Calling for lightning talks / keynote abstracts! 📧 [email protected])
5:30 PM – 6:00 PM Q&A, open-floor roundtable (10–20 min per topic) on spotlight papers or any paper you’d like to highlight. Feel free to share why the paper matters and its technical details.
Future events
Past events
#cvpr-denver-meetup-0606: Saturday Robotics CVPR & World Models Researchers Meetup—Denver 0606
CVPR Denver Luma: https://luma.com/zamm9g2g
#reading-club-08-0516: Embodied Human Data as the “Internet of Motion and Behavior”
Session 08 Luma: https://luma.com/qoxioge7
#reading-club-07-0509: Learning to Dream: World Models, Imagination, Path to Foundation Models for Control
Session 07 Luma: https://luma.com/srhe0vuo
#reading-club-06-0502: Evolution of Video World Models for Robotics
Session 06 Luma: https://luma.com/sdrd4zwr
Reading Club 06 Review: https://x.com/junfanzhu98/status/2050834699275383008?s=20
#reading-club-05-0425: World Models for Physical Intelligence: From Predictive Brains to Embodied Robots
Session 05 Luma: https://luma.com/p7zvpyvg
Reading Club 05 Review: https://x.com/junfanzhu98/status/2048315020946317710?s=20
YouTube Recording: https://youtu.be/RVy6oQXNDgc?si=u2VLtCBjfdMvXaf-
#reading-club-04-0418: Abstractions of the Physical World for Decision-Making
Session 04 Luma: https://luma.com/atv7bm3i
Reading Club 04 Review: https://x.com/junfanzhu98/status/2045770010979905862
YouTube Recording: https://www.youtube.com/@saturdayrobotic
#reading-club-03-0411: Robotic Policy Adaptation
Session 03 Luma: https://luma.com/561xgirg
Reading Club 03 Review: https://x.com/junfanzhu98/status/2043243484568768519?s=20
YouTube Recording: https://www.youtube.com/@saturdayrobotic
#reading-club-02-0404: JEPA Zoo
Session 02 Luma: https://luma.com/g3qrrti0
Reading Club 02 Review (liked by Yann LeCun on X): https://x.com/junfanzhu98/status/2040716119259164673?s=20
#reading-club-01-0328
Session 01 Luma: https://luma.com/8s4w1wu6
Reading Club 01 Review (liked by Yann LeCun on X): https://x.com/junfanzhu98/status/2038153945219305812
Logistics
Spots are limited. Please arrive by 2:00 PM for check-in. Keynote will begin promptly at 2:30 PM.
We currently do not have volunteers available to assist with late check-ins. Given the high volume of inquiries and 100+ attendees (both online and onsite), we kindly ask that you arrive on time to ensure smooth entry.
Hosts: Junfan Zhu, Aurora Feng
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