OM-1 robot reliably unplugs locking Ethernet cables—a deceptively hard manipulation task
yifengzhu_ut · x · 2026-09-15
RewardAI's humanoid robot OM-1 completes a deceptively hard fine-grained manipulation task: unplugging an Ethernet cable. Unlike USB, Ethernet connectors lock firmly and release only when the latch is pressed very precisely. OM-1 solves it reliably, and Chris Paxton shared it calling it a genuinely difficult task for robots.
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