Open-source robot tidies a home in weeks: Qwen3-8B + NVIDIA GR00T n1.7 demo
joemeno · x · 2026-10-09
A robotics demo shows a home robot handling the request "we've got a one-year-old coming to visit, can you tidy up?" — which requires manipulating diverse household items and judging what's unsafe for a toddler.
- System 2 reasoning runs on open-source Qwen3-8B on an RTX 5090
- System 1 control uses NVIDIA's GR00T n1.7 VLA model on a Jetson AGX Thor
- The author notes this once required elite researchers, a billion dollars, and years — now weeks with open-source models
Chris Paxton adds an open question: pick-and-place tasks may not need a VLA at all, and he's waiting for a Qwen 8b/16b variant.
Related event: Open-Source Models Power Home Robot to Tidy Rooms for Toddlers in a Week(2 posts)→
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