October 2, 2025Open Access

Scaffolding Dexterous Manipulation with Vision-Language Models

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VBVincent BakkerHarvard University JHJoey HejnaGoogle (United States)TLTyler Ga Wei LumDaimler (Germany)

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This approach utilizes vision-language models to enhance reinforcement learning for dexterous manipulation, suggesting a novel method for trajectory generation.

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The method creates adaptable manipulation policies by utilizing vision-language models to identify task-relevant keypoints.
Robust dexterous manipulation policies were learned and successfully transferred to real-world robotic hands without manual rewards or demonstration.
Reinforcement learning is enhanced by using coarse trajectories as scaffolds, effectively guiding exploration in complex tasks.
This new approach addresses the challenge of generating suitable trajectories for dexterous hands and improves overall task performance.

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Bakker et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68de84bf5b556a9128e1bd89 https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2506.19212

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This approach utilizes vision-language models to enhance reinforcement learning for dexterous manipulation, suggesting a novel method for trajectory generation.

Scaffolding Dexterous Manipulation with Vision-Language Models

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Scaffolding Dexterous Manipulation with Vision-Language Models

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