Revisiting Classics: Progress is Cumulative, Not Revolutionary
DJiafei · x · 2026-08-23
While teaching a new class, the author revisited many classical papers and found a recurring lesson: progress is often cumulative, not revolutionary.
Enduring ideas, from optimal grasp planning to Dex-Net, Contact-GraspNet, and GraspGen, are carried forward by improvements in models, data, compute, and tools.
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