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A better way to turn 2D designs into 3D models for rapid prototyping

Engineers often use vision-language models to produce new designs, such as airplane or automobile components. To simulate how ...
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How AI is making 3D creation something anyone can try

For years, creating a 3D model was a skill reserved for specialists. Whether it was a character for a video game, a ...
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MIT: Robots gain real-world skills through lifelike 3D virtual environments

MIT's SceneSmith creates realistic 3D worlds where robots safely train, reducing costs and speeding AI-powered robot ...
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Advancing 3D Object Detection With Depth-Aware Spatial Knowledge Distillation

Abstract: Accurate 3D object detection from images can be hindered by inherent depth ambiguity. While knowledge distillation (KD) from privileged sensors such as LiDAR offers a promising direction, it ...
IEEE

RGB-D Cube R-CNN: 3D Object Detection with Selective Modality Dropout

Abstract: In this paper we create an RGB-D 3D object detector targeted at indoor robotics use cases where one modality may be unavailable due to a specific sensor setup or a sensor failure. We ...