Robotics & World Models Reading Club 15: Origami Robotics on Dexterity — San Francisco
A high-signal reading group for AI researchers & builders pushing the frontiers of robotic world models, WAMs, and embodied intelligence. In our previous sessions, we brought together researchers and engineers from Boston Dynamics, Google DeepMind, NVIDIA, Stanford, UC Berkeley, Dyna, Physical Intelligence, Tesla, Generalist, Rhoda AI, and leading Bay Area robotics startups.
Hosted by Junfan Zhu & Aurora Feng.
Supported by Neural Motion, a universal cross-embodiment data representation layer for embodied AI.
Reading Club 15's Core Theme
Pre-Readings
Location
Los Altos (Downtown)
Date & Time
Saturday, June 27, 2026 | 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
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Agenda
2:00 PM – 2:30 PM Door Opens & Social
- Food 😋, beverages🧋 and UNLIMITED strawberries 🍓 (our official reading club fruits ☺️😄).
2:30 PM – 3:30 PM Keynote by
Online access via Zoom: TBD
YouTube Recording: TBD (We are looking for recording volunteers)
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM Q&A, open-floor roundtable (10–20 min per topic) on spotlight papers or any paper you’d like to highlight. Feel free to share why the paper matters and its technical details.
Future events
Past events
#cvpr-denver-meetup-0606: Saturday Robotics CVPR & World Models Researchers Meetup—Denver 0606
- CVPR Denver Luma: https://luma.com/zamm9g2g
#reading-club-08-0516: Embodied Human Data as the “Internet of Motion and Behavior”
- Session 08 Luma: https://luma.com/qoxioge7
#reading-club-07-0509: Learning to Dream: World Models, Imagination, Path to Foundation Models for Control
- Session 07 Luma: https://luma.com/srhe0vuo
#reading-club-06-0502: Evolution of Video World Models for Robotics
- Session 06 Luma: https://luma.com/sdrd4zwr
- Reading Club 06 Review: https://x.com/junfanzhu98/status/2050834699275383008?s=20
#reading-club-05-0425: World Models for Physical Intelligence: From Predictive Brains to Embodied Robots
Session 05 Luma: https://luma.com/p7zvpyvg
Reading Club 05 Review: https://x.com/junfanzhu98/status/2048315020946317710?s=20
YouTube Recording: https://youtu.be/RVy6oQXNDgc?si=u2VLtCBjfdMvXaf-
#reading-club-04-0418: Abstractions of the Physical World for Decision-Making
- Session 04 Luma: https://luma.com/atv7bm3i
- Reading Club 04 Review: https://x.com/junfanzhu98/status/2045770010979905862
- YouTube Recording: https://www.youtube.com/@saturdayrobotic
#reading-club-03-0411: Robotic Policy Adaptation
- Session 03 Luma: https://luma.com/561xgirg
- Reading Club 03 Review: https://x.com/junfanzhu98/status/2043243484568768519?s=20
- YouTube Recording: https://www.youtube.com/@saturdayrobotic
#reading-club-02-0404: JEPA Zoo
- Session 02 Luma: https://luma.com/g3qrrti0
- Reading Club 02 Review (liked by Yann LeCun on X): https://x.com/junfanzhu98/status/2040716119259164673?s=20
#reading-club-01-0328
- Session 01 Luma: https://luma.com/8s4w1wu6
- Reading Club 01 Review (liked by Yann LeCun on X): https://x.com/junfanzhu98/status/2038153945219305812
Logistics
Spots are limited. Please arrive by 2:00 PM for check-in. Keynote will begin promptly at 2:30 PM.
- We currently do not have volunteers available to assist with late check-ins. Given the high volume of inquiries and 100+ attendees (both online and onsite), we kindly ask that you arrive on time to ensure smooth entry.
Location
Foothill Ventures, 280 2nd St suite 218, Los Altos, CA 94022, USA
