ICRA 2026 Five Best Paper Finalists Announced! Three Dexterous Hands Compete for Supremacy, Day 1 Highlights All Here | ICRA Daily
The ICRA 2026 conference has announced its Best Paper Award Finalists, with five papers recognized across Robot Learning, Manipulation & Locomotion, and Planning & Control. The event also highlighted advancements in dexterous hands, featuring hybrid-drive, high-grip, and open-source models from companies like Xynova, Rysen Robotics, and Wuji Hand. A significant focus was placed on Vision-Language-Action (VLA) models, with researchers exploring how these models learn complex tasks from internet video data and simulation-to-real transfer. AI
IMPACT Highlights advancements in robotics research, particularly in dexterous manipulation and VLA models, potentially accelerating progress in embodied AI.