"RL doesn't work until it does": researchers showcase RL for high-reliability robot manipulation
chris_j_paxton · x · 2026-10-24
AI researcher Chris Paxton boosted TheHumanoid AI's reinforcement learning manipulation demo with the caption "Reinforcement learning for high reliability manipulation," pushing back on the common refrain that "RL doesn't work" — adding "until it does!"
The exchange captures the ongoing debate in embodied AI between RL skeptics and practitioners, whose results on high-reliability manipulation tasks are making the case for the RL route.
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