Rika Antonova

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Associate Prof. @Cambridge_Uni in ML/AI + Robotics | earlier: @Stanford Postdoc, @kth_rpl PhD, @CMU_Robotics MS, @Google engineer (search, OCR+Books/StreetView)

Cambridge, UK contactrika.github.io Joined December 2009

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Rika Antonova @contactrika Oct 28

From aerodynamic wing design to robot fingertips, Structural Affinity is our new method for eliminating jagged 3D deformations at the parameterization level, producing smoother, manufacturable shapes.
Avi @projectavi_n covers the specifics in a visually engaging thread.

Avi @projectavi_n Oct 27

1/ Announcing Structural Affinity: smooth, plausible cage-based 3D deformations, no extra loss terms. Move one handle and its structural neighbours follow. Tested on neural cages, wings, and robots.
With Shengan Yang, Hantao Zhong and Rika Antonova.

camral.github.io/structural-aff… 🧵

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Rika Antonova @contactrika Oct 22

It was great to talk about robot evolution and codesign at the Robot Talk Podcast last week! Curious to hear the feedback from the community, especially now that we are stepping up the efforts to incorporate more environments into our Co-design Gym

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Rika Antonova @contactrika Jul 11

We brought KernelCraft to #ICML2026 to show that LLM agents can now tackle kernel engineering, translating AI models into optimized code for specialized physical hardware, and eliminating the time-consuming aspects of manual low-level code design👇🧵 1/3

Rika Antonova @contactrika Mar 12

The ICRA workshop on dexterous manipulation is accepting submissions now (until April 10th). Dexterous manipulation is still very challenging, but is already at the stage where rapid progress can be made. So, the workshop should be quite interesting this year!

Haozhi Qi Verified account @HaozhiQ Mar 11

🤖 Attending ICRA 2026 and interested in dexterous manipulation? Don’t miss the chance to join or submit to our workshop!

📷Checkout our outstanding lineup of speakers, best poster award, and more details on our website: shorturl.at/ojsTo.

Deadline: April 10 (AOE).

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Rika Antonova @contactrika Jan 6

Join an exciting project @Cambridge_Uni on co-design of hardware & control for dexterous mobile manipulation. Looking for roboticists with industry or practical academic experience. Can be a postdoc option, but MS/BS graduates are welcome too.

Interested? Please message/email me