UR5 robot autonomously threads a cable through a car door with ACT policy
stepjamUK · x · 2026-11-12
The author shows a Universal Robots UR5 fully autonomously threading a cable through a car door, running an ACT policy — collected, trained, and deployed on Neuracore AI.
They argue cable manipulation is the task to judge any manipulation policy on: rigid parts let a robot memorize a motion, but a cable moves every time you touch it, so the policy has to actually watch what it's doing. Full video in the comments.
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