SteadyTray wins IROS 2026 Best Paper: humanoid robots carry unsecured objects on trays
siyuanhuang95 · x · 2026-10-01
SteadyTray, a humanoid robot "waiter" task from Prof. Michael Yip's lab at UC San Diego, won the IROS 2026 Best Paper Award on Mobile Manipulation.
- The robot transports unsecured objects — cups, glasses, food containers — on a tray without spilling, tipping, or dropping them.
- Stable transport holds even under external disturbance, using reinforcement learning-based control.
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