Google Honestly Reports Robot Bottlenecks: Low Success in Dexterous Manipulation
chris_j_paxton · x · 2026-07-30
Google recently published a report honestly showcasing low success rates for seemingly simple robotic tasks. While the robot maintains medium-to-high success on whole-body and gripper tasks, multi-finger dexterity remains a significant challenge.
Specifically, on Apollo + Sharpa hands, unscrewing a bulb achieved a 92% success rate, but tying a trash bag was only 44%, using a ziplock 40%, and a dustpan dropped to 32%. This indicates that dexterous hands are still a challenging frontier in embodied intelligence.
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