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THE EMBODIED AI DIRECTORY
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Explore messaging and dataflow infrastructure for distributed robotic systems.
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robot-control-stack · RobotControlStack
A lean, ROS-free sim-to-real framework for training and deploying Vision-Language-Action (VLA) models and RL agents. Native MuJoCo Gymnasium wrappers with synchronous execution for Franka, UR5e…
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robot-harness · xiao-yang25
A harness for embodied intelligence — connecting agents, robot skills and the physical world through execution, feedback and recovery.
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ros2-for-unity · RobotecAI
High-performance ROS2 solution for Unity3D
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ros-mcp-server · robotmcp
Connect AI models like Claude & GPT with robots using MCP and ROS.
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SMACC2 · robosoft-ai
An Event-Driven, Asynchronous, Behavioral State Machine Library for ROS2 (Robotic Operating System) applications written in C++
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UltraBot · LeapLabTHU
Towards Expert-level Autonomous Carotid Ultrasonography with Large-scale Learning-based Robotic System
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ur-reaching-reinforcement-learning · Geonhee-LEE
Reinforcement learning using rlkit, UR5, Robotiq gripper on ROS(Robot Operating System)
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vlink · thun-res
VLink is a high-performance C++ communication middleware for autonomous driving and embodied intelligence, positioned as a full-scenario alternative to ROS 2.
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wrapyfi · modular-ml
Robotics MOM and RPC middleware wrapper with deep-learning framework integration
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yarp · robotology
Middleware and tools for distributed robot systems.
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Dora
A dataflow runtime for robotic perception and control pipelines.
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