Radiate Love: a 2025 Retrospective

Happy Groundhog Day!

Feb 3 • Stefanie Tellex and David Watkins

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January 2026

Satisfying a 31-Year-Old Karaoke Dream

I was talking to my dad about setting up karaoke for our family’s New Year’s Eve party.

Jan 16 • David Watkins and Stefanie Tellex

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Where the Curves Cross

One of my all-time favorite papers is from Andrew Ng and Michael Jordan: “On Discriminative vs.

Jan 9 • Stefanie Tellex and David Watkins

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December 2025

2025 in Review: The Year of Showing Up

This year, I joined a band, shot principal photography for a murder mystery, and became militant about ending talks on time.

Dec 31, 2025 • David Watkins

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The Deer Island Marvel

Wastewater treatment and engineering excellence

Dec 5, 2025 • David Watkins and Stefanie Tellex

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November 2025

September 2025

The Grounded Turing Test

Intelligence is multi-faceted.

Sep 2, 2025 • Stefanie Tellex and David Watkins

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August 2025

From Physics to Embodied Intelligence

How Robots Are Finally Getting Interesting

Aug 27, 2025 • David Watkins and Stefanie Tellex

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Taking a Quadruped Robot to School

There are seven senses, not five.

Aug 20, 2025 • Stefanie Tellex and David Watkins

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Elephants Don't Write Sonnets

The Grounded Turing Test for Embodied AI

Aug 6, 2025 • David Watkins and Stefanie Tellex

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July 2025

What to Tell the Robot

Robots, Space, and Time

Jul 18, 2025 • Stefanie Tellex and David Watkins

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