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Better Motion Tracking Does Not Guarantee Better Manipulation

TL;DR for operators A humanoid robot can closely reproduce a demonstrated movement yet fail to complete the intended manipulation. In a simulated comparison across nine objects, Weave’s jointly trained controller achieves 95.3% pooled interaction success, versus 91.5% for nine object-specific specialists under equal aggregate training iterations—even though the specialists often track reference movements more accurately. ...

October 22, 2026 · 9 min · Zelina