Hours of zero-shot SO-101 testing fails to reproduce Astra VLA demo claims
chris_j_paxton · x · 2026-09-17
skalskip92 spent hours trying a zero-shot demo of the Astra VLA with an SO-101 arm with underwhelming results, questioning whether Astra is really that good. Robotics researcher Chris Paxton shared it, saying he's glad to see these negative results being published.
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