Robot research treats 3D contact and real testbeds as the main evidence
Embodied AI is the clear center. Vision-language-action (VLA) papers are judged by 3D contact cues, real hardware, perturbation tests, and reproducible evaluation.
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Dexterous Hands
Manipulation Policy Hardware Checks
Robot policy teams have enough detail to add three practical checks to their work: a low-cost physical VLA regression station, 3D geometry supervision tied to action prediction, and a direct-joint-sensing test for…