Geometry enters the control loop for robot policies
The day’s robotics work puts geometry inside execution. STARRY and X-WAM tie future RGB-D prediction to action diffusion, with reported gains on manipulation benchmarks.
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Geometry Checks for Robot Training
Robot manipulation work now gives teams a concrete way to test whether predicted geometry improves execution: add RGB-D future prediction, end-effector geometry, and contact-region checks to policy evaluations.