Ding Zhao

ART-Glove is now open source! Mechanical files, bill of materials and assembly guide are out; PCBs, tactile FPCBs, firmware and a video guide follow. Led by @changyi_lin1, who brings the glove to the #CoRL2026 demo session in Austin on Monday, Nov 9.

github.com/linchangyi1/AR…

Can VLMs imagine a scene from another viewpoint? SpinBench (ICLR 2026) tests 37 models on perspective-taking and mental rotation. They do well from the camera's own view but stumble on other viewpoints, and bigger models do not close the gap.

spinbench25.github.io

I do not think robots will replace people. For decades they will work together: few jobs a robot can do alone, and people are nearby. Knowing how to cooperate matters.

HALO (ICML 2026 Spotlight): a humanoid stays coordinated with an unpredictable human.

haozhang-thu.github.io/HALO/

Manipulation happens through surfaces, so motion alone is not enough. This is our latest data collection device: ART-Glove captures contact while keeping full human dexterity, with 16 rigid surfaces, 22 joints and 2,048 taxels. Led by @changyi_lin1.

arxiv.org/abs/2606.16370

This is a new type of sensor that may change how people collect data from robots.

LightTact (RSS 2026): light leaks through only where something touches, so it works on water or cream, and VLMs read it directly. Open source, led by @changyi_lin1.

linchangyi1.github.io/LightTact/