VQV Signal
According to a post on X by @thomas_weng, Weng now leads a research team at the RAI Institute. He says the team trains dexterous robot policies in simulation, then deploys and refines them on custom hardware. The post also says the team may be looking for interns soon, and that Weng is attending CoRL 2026 in Austin. The source snippet gives no further details on results or timelines.
According to a post on X by @thomas_weng, Weng now leads a research team at the RAI Institute. He says the team trains dexterous robot policies in simulation, then deploys and refines them on custom hardware. The post also says the team may be looking for interns soon, and that Weng is attending CoRL 2026 in Austin. The source snippet gives no further details on results or timelines.
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Weng said his team at the RAI Institute trains dexterous policies in simulation to be deployed and refined on custom hardware, that it may be looking for interns soon, and that he is at CoRL 2026 in Austin. Why it matters: Another lab is betting on simulation-trained dexterity, and it is a hiring lead for robot...
The post points to simulation-based training for dexterous robot manipulation as an approach one lab is pursuing, which may interest robot learning researchers. For students and early-career roboticists, the possible internship openings and Weng's presence at CoRL 2026 are the concrete items to watch. Further details on the team's work or hiring would need to come from the RAI Institute or Weng directly.
Hardware and robotics watchers may want to track whether this becomes a product, benchmark, or deployment signal.
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