YAM commits $500k and free robot arms to fund open-source dexterous manipulation benchmarks
robleclerc · x · 2026-09-19
chooijeq announced a $500k deployment plus free YAM arms for academic teams to design dexterous manipulation benchmarks and run real-world evaluations. The motivation: general-purpose robots may soon reach homes and data centers, and society should know what robots can do beforehand. Rob LeClerc amplified the post.
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