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A G1 wrote its own code to fetch a Pringles can

An-Chieh Cheng says her team's G1 humanoid found the pantry and handed over a Pringles can with no pre-built map and no training for the task, because a coding agent wrote the program as it went. Separately, the SONIC controller moved onto full-size humanoids.

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A G1 humanoid wrote its own code to fetch a Pringles can

An-Chieh Cheng showed ASENA, a system where a coding agent writes, runs and fixes a robot's programs while it works, and says a G1 used it to find the pantry, pick up a Pringles can and hand it over.

An-Chieh Cheng
@anjjei
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No pre-built map. No training for this task.
Oct 14, 2026 · View on X

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SONIC motion controller moves onto full-size humanoids

Zhengyi Luo says the SONIC controller now runs on full-size humanoids, naming the AgitBot A3 and the UBTech Walker C1. Chris Paxton, sharing the clips, said full-sized robots hit different and that you cannot really tell from the video.

Chris Paxton
@chris_j_paxton
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you can't really tell from x, but full sized robots really hit different
Oct 15, 2026 · View on X

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