Researchers build Pixel: a co-designed full-stack system for mobile manipulation
kevin_zakka · x · 2026-11-04
Researcher tonytao shares two projects born from frustration that late-2025 robots were too expensive or underperforming for mobile manipulation: Pixel, a co-designed full-stack system for learning mobile manipulation, and Pixel-UMI, enabling environment-aware whole-body manipulation without robot data. More details to follow in a thread with JasonJZLiu.
Related event: CMU Open-Sources Pixel, a Low-Cost Full-Stack Mobile Manipulation Robot(2 posts)→
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