Robotics manipulation harder than pure vision due to problem definition
chris_j_paxton · x · 2026-08-20
Responding to the wait for a ChatGPT moment in computer vision, the author argues that robotics manipulation is harder. However, in manipulation you can close the loop and choose a better view, whereas vision is often not a well-formed problem.
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