Chris Paxton on IROS: dexterous, contact-rich manipulation is now robotics' frontier
chris_j_paxton · x · 2026-10-13
Robotics researcher Chris Paxton recaps IROS: the research community is increasingly focused on enabling contact-rich manipulation with dexterous hands — and now has the tools to do it. Fellow researcher michellelsun agrees that dexterity is the frontier of robotics today.
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