Jitendra Malik's Challenge: 5-Year-Olds vs the MolmoAct2 Robot at SPIN Workshop
DJiafei · x · 2026-11-13
At the SPIN workshop, Jitendra Malik ran a dexterity challenge pitting a 5-year-old against the MolmoAct2 robot. Participating teams report the gap is clear: progress is being made, but robotics is far from solved—human children's dexterity remains far ahead. The challenge is being discussed as a possible ultimate test of robot dexterity.
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