Unmasking a Common Trick in Robot Demos: Pre-loading Objects in Grippers
chris_j_paxton · x · 2026-07-30
A robotics expert points out that to hide limitations in underlying grasping capabilities, many robot demos pre-load objects into the gripper. This visual trickery is highly common in industry demos and can be spotted with careful observation.
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