UR5 robot autonomously threads a cable through a car door with an ACT policy
stepjamUK · x · 2026-11-12
A fully autonomous UR5 from Universal Robots threads a cable through a car door, running an ACT policy with full policy deployment.
The author argues cable manipulation is the real test for any manipulation policy: rigid parts let a robot memorize a motion, but a cable deforms every time you touch it, forcing the policy to actually watch what it's doing.
Data collection, training and deployment were all done on Neuracore; full video in the comments.
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