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DARPA announced its RACER Heavy Platform (RHP) vehicle.

DARPA announced its RACER Heavy Platform (RHP) vehicle.

PLUS: Instantly convert images into 3D models

Michael Parrish
April 30, 2024

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Good morning, human brains, and welcome back to your daily munch of AI news.

Here’s what’s on the menu today:

Enemies? Obliterate them with an AI tank 🤖 💥
DARPA unveiled its 12-ton, 20-foot autonomous combat vehicle.
Instantly convert images into 3D models 🌠 ➡️ ⭐️
InstantMesh renders complete 3D objects from images in seconds.

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Blow thine enemies to tiny bits 🤖 💥

🇺🇸 ‘Murica. Last week, DARPA announced its RACER Heavy Platform (RHP) vehicle. It’s a 12-ton, combat vehicle that navigates autonomously.

Source: DARPAtv

I want one.

Right? The RHP weighs 12 tons, is about 20 feet long, and speeds through heavily varied terrains with ease.

Besides being awesome, what’s the point?

The RHP is the latest edition to the RACER (Robotic Autonomy in Complex Environments with Resiliency) program. It complements its smaller vehicles, which are already in use.

What are the other vehicles?

The RFVs (RACER Fleet Vehicles) weigh 2 tons, are about 11 feet long, and autonomously navigate through terrain with rocks, slopes, obstructed ditches, creek crossings, and more.

Here’s the RFV in action:

Source: DARPAtv

SIDE SALAD

Instant image-to-3D objects 🌠 ➡️ ⭐️

Earlier this month, Tencent introduced InstantMesh. It renders complete 3D objects from images in less than 10 seconds.

Source: InstantMesh

What’s under the hood?

It combines a multi-view diffusion model with a sparse-view reconstruction model based on the Large Reconstruction Model (LRM) architecture.

Can I use it?

Yes, it’s fully open-source. Click here to take it for a spin.

We tried it out on the Bot Eat Brain logo:

Source: InstantMesh

Dat booty though…🍑

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