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Pixel: A Co-Designed Full-Stack Robot System for Learning General-Purpose Mobile Manipulation

General-purpose mobile manipulation requires a combination of capable robot hardware, scalable demonstration collection, expressive whole-body control, and effective policy learning. Yet these components are often developed independently, creating mismatches that limit the capabilities of the complete system. We present Pixel, a co-designed full-stack system for learning general-purpose mobile…

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Google Cloud Spend Caps Reach General Availability With an API and Live Costs

TL;DR A spend cap is a Google Cloud budget rule that pauses eligible services in a project once usage cost passes the budget's target amount, and it leaves the resources themselves in place.

  • Google Cloud adds spend caps feature to Cloud Billing Budgets API on 30 October 2026
  • Caps pause service usage when costs exceed 50%, 80%, or 100% of current spend
  • Live cost reports provide forecasts for enforcement triggers

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