Truly dexterous manipulation
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Chestnut Robotics retweeted
We are still at #BARS
Come to demo our UMI and hand by yourself
Come to talk with us on your research project and see how we can help you
Come to talk with us on job openings
Or just come to save my brain with some random but fun convos
Chestnut Robotics retweeted
First SLAM navigation test of our wheeled humanoid , running through the office @ChestnutRobotic .
U-turn included, no human in the loop.
Wheels first. Hands next.
Chestnut Robotics retweeted
Sunday just raised $165M 🤖
This validates UMI-based in-the-wild data collection as THE winning strategy for robot manipulation.
But picking up objects is just the beginning.
Next frontier: dexterous manipulation
→ In-hand reorientation (rotating a pen, unscrewing a cap)
→ Tool use designed for human ergonomics (scissors, screwdrivers, knives)
→ Contact-rich bimanual coordination (tying knots, opening jars)
The hard part isn't the model architecture — it's capturing rich hand demonstration data at scale.
Whoever builds the best glove + multi-fingered hand capture pipeline wins.
Same UMI playbook. Much harder input space. 🦾
#robotics #dexteroushand #humanoid
Chestnut Robotics retweeted
🚀 Big news! We just received two Aero Open Hands from @TetherIA_ai ! 🤖👐
Get ready—new hand-based benchmarks are coming soon to RoboChallenge. Can't wait to put these to the test! Stay tuned. 👀
