Chris Paxton· @chris_j_paxton · X·· 9 hours agoEditorial score63
Origami Challenge at IROS 2026: A New Frontier in Dexterous Manipulation
Summary
The first-ever Origami Challenge, organized by SharpaRobotics and hosted at IROS 2026, tested teams' ability to fold paper airplanes, pushing the boundaries of embodied AI. Fourteen global teams competed, with substantial progress made despite no team achieving perfect results.
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A really cool competition that pushes the frontier of what's possible in embodied ai. This is a really hard task -- paper is unforgiving -- and no one nailed it but substantial progress was made. Excited to see what people can do next year
The first ever Origami Challenge with @SharpaRobotics at @ieeeiros IROS 2026 concluded. We asked teams to fold a paper airplane to test policies in dexterous manipulation. 14 global teams made it to the final round. Here are the results ↓View the quoted post on X
Source：Chris Paxton · x.com