5.46M-param touch model LingBot-Touch pokes straws through sealed lids autonomously
Puzzleheaded-Buy3008 · reddit · 2026-11-14
LingBot-Touch, a tiny 5.46M-parameter touch model (not a frontier LLM), drives robot hands to poke a straw through a cup's sealed lid, turn a single page, and pull one cup off a stack — all autonomous at 1x speed. Demonstrates the viability of small models + touch for dexterous manipulation.
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