Bimanual Manipulation

Bimanual manipulation refers to tasks that require two robot arms working in coordination, analogous to how humans use both hands simultaneously. Examples include folding laundry, tying knots, opening jars, and assembling parts that must be stabilized by one hand while the other performs fine operations. Bimanual tasks are substantially harder than single-arm tasks because the policy must coordinate two high-dimensional action streams while respecting physical constraints between the arms. The ALOHA platform was purpose-built for collecting bimanual demonstrations, and ACT is among the leading policies for bimanual control.