Apple researchers have revealed how a Mac mini powers a Unitree humanoid robot to navigate rooms it has never seen before. The system, called HALO, allows the robot to analyze its surroundings and follow instructions without human training. The Unitree G1 robot can follow someone if instructed, navigate obstacles, and determine where a chair is to sit down.
It can also crouch or crawl under tables, step through half-open doors, and push boxes. The robot carries a high-spec M4 Pro Mac mini with 64GB RAM on its back. That computer runs the models that decide what to do and plan each movement.
Nothing runs in the cloud, and nobody steers the robot remotely. Most of the training data came from simulation: about 300 hours of humanlike movement, placed in 1,000 computer-generated living rooms, offices and bedrooms. The robot succeeded in 91% of 360 real-world trials across six skills.
Source: AppleInsider · Summarized by HeadlinesBriefing