KPI: a promptable interaction kernel lets humanoids do contact-rich tasks zero-shot
chris_j_paxton · x · 2026-09-28
A team led by @yk20wang presents KPI (A Promptable Kernel for Physical Interaction on Humanoids). The idea is to pair a model like GPT-6 Astra with a promptable physical interaction kernel: with their agentic system, humanoids complete long-horizon, contact-rich tasks zero-shot — no task demos or task-specific training required. The thread demonstrates the method on hard-contact humanoid scenarios.
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