Introduction
Dexterous manipulation is entering a pivotal transformation in 2026. While it remains a grand challenge, the bottleneck is shifting. We are moving from a scarcity of capable hardware to an era of accessible, robust hands, and from small-scale teleoperation data to internet-scale human video learning. The core question for this year is no longer just "how do we control these hands?" but "how do we scale dexterity by leveraging massive video datasets, reliable hardware, and sim-to-real pipelines?
This workshop will bring together researchers from academia and industry to explore answers, with themes spanning manipulation bottlenecks, algorithmic advances, improved adaptability, and future directions. Through invited talks, spotlight presentations, posters, and a panel discussion, participants will exchange perspectives and build collaborations that drive progress toward practical dexterous manipulation.
Invited Speakers
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