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The aim is to improve dexterous robotic manipulation through leveraging vision-language models for trajectory generation.

January 17, 2026Open Access

Scaffolding Dexterous Manipulation with Vision-Language Models

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VBVincent BakkerHarvard University JHJoey HejnaInstitute of Occupational Medicine TLTyler Ga Wei LumDaimler (Germany)

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This research demonstrates a method to enhance robotic manipulation tasks using vision-language models, suggesting a new approach for training robotic hands.

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The aim is to improve dexterous robotic manipulation through leveraging vision-language models for trajectory generation.
Utilized vision-language models to identify task-relevant keypoints in visual scenes.
Synthesized 3D trajectories for hand and object motion based on task descriptions.
Trained a low-level residual reinforcement learning policy in simulation to follow these trajectories.
Demonstrated successful learning of robust dexterous manipulation policies in simulated tasks.
Showed effective transfer of the learned policies to real-world robotic hands without human demonstrations or handcrafted rewards.

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Bakker et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/696b2616d2a12237a93495cd https://doi.org/10.5445/ir/1000189669

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This research demonstrates a method to enhance robotic manipulation tasks using vision-language models, suggesting a new approach for training robotic hands.

Scaffolding Dexterous Manipulation with Vision-Language Models

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