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Supercomplete.ai - AI Autocomplete Anywhere

Supercomplete.ai is an AI tool that provides instant, personalized suggestions wherever you type—email, social media, customer support, marketing copy, messaging, and notes. It learns your style, responds in under 0.5s, and offers Free, Pro ($8.99/mo), and Lifetime ($59.99) plans.

Hacker News AIResearchIn-site article
Agent Zero – A full Docker Linux system for your AI agent

Agent Zero is an open, dynamic, organic agentic framework. One Docker container ships a full Linux system with a desktop and a plugin hub that the agent can extend using Skills. It includes a real Linux desktop, a native browser with DOM annotations, document coworking, LibreOffice integration, 100+ community plugins, multi-agent cooperation, and host machine extension via the A0 CLI Connector.

Hacker News AIAgents / PolicyIn-site article
Show HN: Shotlist – Make your AI agent prove its work with real screenshots

Shotlist is an open-source tool that generates documentation screenshots (web pages, terminal windows, CLI sessions) from a single committed config file. It ensures reproducibility, integrates with CI, and supports multiple capture modes, keeping screenshots always up to date.

Hacker News AIAgentsIn-site article
Racing a Wheeled Quadruped: Active Load Transfer Mitigation via Model Predictive Control

This paper presents a hierarchical control framework using model predictive control (MPC) and reinforcement learning (RL) for active roll control to manage lateral load transfer during autonomous racing of a wheeled quadruped. The framework integrates offline time-optimal raceline generation, an online MPC planner that actively minimizes the lateral Load Transfer Ratio (LTR), and a low-level, whole-body RL policy deployed directly onto the robot's 16 actuators. Physical experiments show that active roll control reduces mean LTR by up to 44%, improves fastest lap time by 8.7%, and boosts peak lateral acceleration by 21.3% to 1.98 m/s², maintaining robust high-speed stability.

arXiv RoboticsPolicy / ResearchIn-site article
NavIsaacLab: Generating Realistic Crowd via Parallel Robot Learning for Benchmarking Human-aware Navigation

NavIsaacLab, a framework built on Isaac Lab, enables physics-based and photo-realistic simulations of pedestrians and scenes for benchmarking human-aware robot navigation. It leverages GPU parallel simulation and data-driven pedestrian models (trajectory diffusion + adversarial motion learning) to overcome the scarcity of diverse, high-quality scenario data, providing a robust benchmark for navigation algorithms.

arXiv RoboticsModels / Chips / PolicyIn-site article
TaskNPoint: How to Teach Your Humanoid to Hit a Backhand in Minutes

This paper introduces TaskNPoint, a training protocol that enables humanoid robots to learn dynamic skills from a single human demonstration and under an hour of GPU training. By focusing on a critical interaction window, the protocol successfully taught a Unitree G1 humanoid to perform tennis strokes, soccer kicks, and pick-and-place tasks without per-task reward tuning.

arXiv RoboticsChips / ResearchIn-site article
RoboTales: ROBOTic Anthropomorphic LEarning Systems

RoboTales is a low-cost robotic storytelling system that animates narratives using expressive sock puppetry. Implemented autonomously on a Baxter robot as a test case, RoboTales synchronizes narration, gestures, and mouth movements to perform character-driven stories. In a pilot study, puppet-based storytelling outperformed a gesture-only mode, producing higher HRIES ratings and improved story recall, suggesting that embodied puppetry enhances engagement and narrative comprehension. Designed to be modular and platform-agnostic, RoboTales can be adapted to other manipulators and offers a screen-free alternative to passive media, supporting future deployment in child-centered learning environments.

arXiv RoboticsResearch / RoboticsIn-site article
OmniContact: Chaining Meta-Skills via Contact Flow for Generalizable Humanoid Loco-Manipulation

OmniContact is a hierarchical framework using contact flow (CF) representation to chain meta-skills for long-horizon humanoid loco-manipulation. Low-level CF-Track learns a unified skill library, while high-level CF-Gen synthesizes future contact flow sequences. Experiments achieve 98.7% on Carry Box and 76.5% on Push-Stack Boxes, outperforming baselines by 40.9% (meta-skill) and 66.5% (chaining). The framework integrates with VLMs for semantic task decomposition.

arXiv RoboticsModels / Policy / ResearchIn-site article
Morphology-Specific Closed-Loop Control of Logarithmic-Spiral Continuum Arms via Online Jacobian Error Compensation

This paper presents the first morphology-specific closed-loop task-space control framework for logarithmic-spiral continuum arms. Using a segmented tendon-driven model and online Jacobian error compensation (Broyden update and Kalman filter), it achieves accurate robust control, outperforming piecewise-constant-curvature methods in simulations, and enables manipulations like grasping and obstacle-assisted motions.

arXiv RoboticsPolicy / ResearchIn-site article
LiMoDE: Rethinking Lifelong Robot Manipulation from a Mixture-of-Dynamic-Experts Perspective

This paper introduces LiMoDE, a two-stage learning scheme using Mixture of Dynamic Experts for lifelong robot manipulation. It first learns prior knowledge via multi-task pre-training with dynamic MoE, then adapts to new tasks with a lifelong MoE mechanism. Experiments show superior performance on simulation and real-world tasks.

arXiv RoboticsModels / Research / RoboticsIn-site article
RMTL: Reinforced Micro-task Learning for Long-Horizon Manipulation with VLM Rewards

This paper proposes RMTL (Reinforced Micro-task Learning), which decomposes long-horizon manipulation tasks into language-described micro-tasks and trains an agent to switch between them. Using multi-view VLM rewards, reverse curriculum, and a hierarchical policy, RMTL provides more informative reward signals than single-prompt VLM rewards, enabling faster learning. Experiments on the Fetch manipulation environment validate its effectiveness.

arXiv RoboticsModels / Agents / PolicyIn-site article
Reinforcement Learning Enables Autonomous Microrobot Navigation and Intervention in Simulated Blood Capillaries

Researchers developed a physically grounded simulation of a blood capillary network, training deep RL agents to navigate via chemotaxis. They systematically mapped the physical limits of navigation, discovered a forbidden regime, and observed agents independently discovering multiple universal strategies. Without retraining, agents perform targeted blocking and unblocking of capillary flow, restoring throughput to healthy baseline levels.

arXiv RoboticsAgents / Research / RoboticsIn-site article
Layer-Specific Prompt Fusion Discovery via Differentiable Search in Vision Foundation Models

This paper proposes a differentiable architecture search method to automatically discover the optimal fusion scheme for combining image and prompt tokens in visual prompt tuning. The approach jointly optimizes learnable prompts and their fusion mechanisms, introducing affine transformation and cross-attention as new fusion schemes. Experiments on 34 datasets demonstrate consistent improvements over baselines, revealing that hybrid fusion better leverages layer semantics in Vision Transformers.

arXiv Computer VisionModels / ResearchIn-site article
Beyond Aesthetics: Quantifying Information Loss in Turbid Scenes

Researchers introduce the Turbid Underwater Baseline (TUB) dataset and a new metric, PCD, to quantify information loss in underwater scenes with extreme turbidity. PCD correlates strongly with instance segmentation performance, outperforming common metrics.

arXiv Computer VisionResearchIn-site article
Beyond Single-Source Cognitive Taskonomy: Multi-Source Task Relations through fMRI Transfer Learning

This study extends fMRI cognitive taskonomy from single-source to multi-source transfer across 23 Human Connectome Project task states, using Boolean Integer Programming (BIP) for budget-constrained task allocation. Training 1,127 models reveals directional, paradigm-structured single-source transfer and composition-dependent multi-source transfer. BIP prioritizes working-memory states (0-back and 2-back) under budget constraints, reflecting integrated perceptual, attentional, and executive processes. Findings highlight a cross-paradigm-limited motor cluster and high-priority working-memory states.

arXiv Computer VisionResearchIn-site article
A multi-task spatiotemporal deep neural network for predicting penetration depth and morphology in laser welding

This paper introduces an innovative multi-task deep learning model that accurately predicts penetration state, depth, and weld seam morphology in laser penetration welding. The model uses weld pool images from a CMOS camera and welding parameters, integrating spatiotemporal features via CNNs and state space models. Test results show 99.35% accuracy for penetration state, 1.79 mm error for depth, and 95.65% accuracy for weld cross-section reconstruction.

arXiv Computer VisionChips / ResearchIn-site article
LCG: Long-Context Consistent Image Generation with Sparse Relational Attention

This paper proposes LCG, a framework for long-context multi-image generation using Sparse Relational Attention (SRA) and Routing Consistency Constraint (RCC), along with a large synthetic dataset LCCD. Experiments show LCG outperforms baselines in prompt alignment and character consistency.

arXiv Computer VisionResearch / StartupsIn-site article
Predicting Fruit Quality with a Hybrid Machine Learning and Image Processing Approach

A hybrid approach combining image processing and deep learning assesses fruit freshness. An algorithm quantifies spoilage (0-100), and a CNN performs binary classification. Logistic regression fuses both outputs, later enabling the image processing algorithm to classify without CNN. Achieved >90% accuracy on apples and oranges with real-time performance and low computational requirements. Limitation requires isolated fruit on white/transparent background.

arXiv Computer VisionResearchIn-site article
DocArena: Turning Raw Documents into Controllable Training Environments for Document Search Agents

DocArena is a fully automated data curation pipeline that uses multimodal large language models (MLLMs) to transform raw documents into controllable, scalable training environments for document search agents. It requires no human annotation, generates reasoning-intensive QA pairs, and produces the DocArena-79K dataset spanning 8,336 documents across 16 domains and 49 languages. Experiments show that agents trained on DocArena achieve state-of-the-art performance on both retrieval accuracy and QA quality.

arXiv Computer VisionModels / Agents / PolicyIn-site article
From Lexicon to AI: A Structured-Data Pipeline for Specialized Conversational Systems in Low-Resource Languages

A systematic methodology transforms structured linguistic resources like Hindi WordNet into 1.25 million instruction-response pairs to fine-tune a 12B-parameter language model using resource-efficient LoRA and 4-bit quantization. Evaluation via a Hindi language learning chatbot shows superior pedagogical effectiveness (91.0) compared to general-purpose models (79.4-83.6) while maintaining competitive semantic performance. This work offers a practical alternative for low-resource languages, enabling specialized AI development for hundreds of languages with existing WordNet resources.

arXiv Computational LinguisticsModels / Research / StartupsIn-site article
Where Larger Models Excel: The Primacy of Constraint-Guided Reasoning

A new study reveals that larger language models outperform smaller ones in reasoning tasks due to constraint-guided reasoning. Using the AdvCluster framework, researchers found stable performance gaps of 6.43% and 7.38% across model pairs. The analysis identifies constraint identification and structured reasoning as key advantages.

arXiv Computational LinguisticsModels / Research / StartupsIn-site article
Low Resource Multimodal Translation of Nepali Spoken Words into Emotion-Conditioned Sign Language Avatars

This pilot study presents NEST-V1, a lightweight Transformer-based multimodal framework that generates emotion-conditioned Nepali Sign Language avatars from spoken input. On a dataset of 600 audio samples covering 4 common words and 3 emotional states, the system achieves 81.1% ASR accuracy and 79.21% emotion recognition accuracy with only 22.1M parameters, suitable for edge deployment. The work establishes a technical foundation for emotion-aware sign language translation in low-resource settings.

arXiv Computational LinguisticsModels / ResearchIn-site article
Reducing Conversational Escalation in Large Language Model Dialogue with Nonviolent Communication Constraints

This study investigates using Nonviolent Communication (NVC) principles as lightweight prompt-level constraints to guide large language models (LLMs) toward more de-escalating dialogue behavior in emotionally charged situations. Through a dual-agent simulation framework across multiple models and user resistance levels, NVC-constrained prompting consistently reduces conversational escalation and stabilizes interactions with highly resistant users.

arXiv Computational LinguisticsModels / Agents / PolicyIn-site article
Context Recycling for Long-Horizon LLM Inference

Large language models excel at short-context reasoning but degrade over long conversations due to context window limits. ContextForge recycles context via structured query generation, external memory retrieval, and controlled synthesis, reducing token overhead while maintaining answer quality. On a 15-turn healthcare benchmark, ContextForge improved consistency and reduced token consumption.

arXiv Computational LinguisticsModels / Agents / ResearchIn-site article
Assert, don't describe: Linguistic features that shift LLM reasoning about animal welfare

A new study finds that using linguistic features such as assertive certainty, explicit moral vocabulary, and emotion words in fine-tuning data significantly shifts LLM reasoning toward stronger pro-animal-welfare stances, while hedged language and concrete sensory description dilute that stance. The research offers practical guidance for animal-welfare advocates.

arXiv Computational LinguisticsModels / ResearchIn-site article