A ten-centimetre cylinder, lifted off a table and moved half a metre. Put like that it sounds like nothing. Under teleoperation, with visual feedback only, it is the first concrete reference point for the competition’s manipulation tasks.
The move
The end-effector closed the grip on the first try, with no slipping. The hard part was orienting it: the redundant kinematics help, but the operators need practice.
Next target
Interfaces designed for human hands: the switches and connectors of the maintenance task.