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arxiv: 2606.23431 · v1 · pith:3FM2VZAPnew · submitted 2026-06-22 · 💻 cs.RO

DexTeleop-0: Force-Aware Bimanual Dexterous Teleoperation with Ego-Centric Perception towards Shared Autonomy

Haichao Liu , Yuyao Jiang , Hyunsun Park , Yuanjiang Xue , Ziwei Wang This is my paper

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keywords bimanual teleoperationdexterous manipulationtactile sensingforce feedbackembodiment gapJacobian correctionshared autonomy
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A tactile-driven adaptation loop in DexTeleop-0 translates coarse human tracking into precise force-compliant commands for bimanual dexterous teleoperation.

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The paper introduces DexTeleop-0, a bimanual dexterous teleoperation framework that adds a real-time optimization strategy to handle contact-rich tasks where traditional kinematic mapping falls short. It estimates contact points from fingertip force sensors and uses the operational space Jacobian to generate localized corrections that convert human intent into compliant robotic motion. Evaluations in simulation and on hardware show consistent gains over baselines in grasping, disturbance rejection, and complex manipulation. The approach targets the embodiment gap that limits data collection for high-precision work.

Core claim

By estimating contact points from a tactile-enabled fingertip force-sensing profile and dynamically computing corrections via the operational space Jacobian with respect to joint angle updates, the tactile-driven adaptation strategy bridges the embodiment gap and produces precise, force-compliant commands from coarse teleoperation inputs.

What carries the argument

Tactile-driven adaptation strategy that estimates contact points from force profiles and applies operational space Jacobian corrections in a real-time loop.

If this is right

  • Higher success rates on robust grasping tasks
  • Better resilience to disturbances during manipulation
  • Improved efficiency on complex dexterous sequences
  • Lower barrier to collecting high-quality data for precise bimanual skills

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • The same correction loop could be tested on single-arm or multi-fingered setups to check transfer
  • If the Jacobian corrections remain stable at higher speeds, they might support faster shared-autonomy modes
  • Combining the force profile with visual ego-centric perception could further tighten contact estimates

Load-bearing premise

Real-time contact point estimates from fingertip force data plus Jacobian updates produce accurate corrections that close the embodiment gap without adding instability or excessive delay.

What would settle it

A side-by-side trial on the same hardware where the proposed method shows equal or lower task success rates than the baselines, or where end-to-end latency visibly increases.

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Fine-grained, bimanual dexterous manipulation remains a foundational challenge in robotics. Traditional teleoperation systems often fail in contact-rich tasks because embodiment gaps hinder accurate kinematic mapping, while tactile and force feedback remain absent. Consequently, data collection efficiency for high-precision tasks remains prohibitively low. To address these limitations, we propose a tactile-driven adaptation strategy designed to enable fine-grained manipulation on top of teleoperation pipelines. Instantiated within our bimanual dexterous framework, DexTeleop-0, this strategy introduces a real-time optimization loop that bridges the embodiment gap by translating coarse human tracking intents into precise, force-compliant robotic commands with tactile sensing. By estimating accurate contact points and leveraging a tactile-enabled fingertip force-sensing profile, the system dynamically computes localized corrections using the operational space Jacobian with respect to joint angle updates. We rigorously evaluate this tactile-driven adaptation strategy across both simulated environments and real-world hardware. Compared with representative baselines, the proposed method consistently achieves higher task success rates and improved execution efficiency in robust grasping, disturbance-resilient manipulation, and complex dexterous tasks.

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Referee Report

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Summary. The manuscript proposes DexTeleop-0, a bimanual dexterous teleoperation framework incorporating a tactile-driven adaptation strategy. This strategy estimates contact points from fingertip force-sensing profiles and applies operational-space Jacobian corrections to translate coarse human tracking into precise, force-compliant commands, aiming to bridge the embodiment gap. The work claims rigorous evaluation in both simulation and real hardware, with consistent outperformance over representative baselines in task success rates and execution efficiency for robust grasping, disturbance-resilient manipulation, and complex dexterous tasks.

Significance. If the empirical superiority in success rates and efficiency holds under proper controls and reporting, the tactile adaptation mechanism could meaningfully advance force-aware teleoperation for contact-rich dexterous tasks, supporting improved data collection for shared autonomy pipelines.

major comments (1)
  1. [Abstract] Abstract: The central claim states that the method 'consistently achieves higher task success rates and improved execution efficiency' compared with baselines across three task categories, yet the abstract (and the manuscript as presented) supplies no quantitative results, error bars, task definitions, baseline descriptions, or dataset details. This absence renders the empirical claim unverifiable and load-bearing for the paper's contribution.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for the constructive feedback and recommendation for major revision. We address the concern about the abstract below.

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  1. Referee: [Abstract] Abstract: The central claim states that the method 'consistently achieves higher task success rates and improved execution efficiency' compared with baselines across three task categories, yet the abstract (and the manuscript as presented) supplies no quantitative results, error bars, task definitions, baseline descriptions, or dataset details. This absence renders the empirical claim unverifiable and load-bearing for the paper's contribution.

    Authors: We agree that the abstract should include key quantitative results to make the central empirical claim verifiable on its own. The full manuscript reports these details (success rates with error bars, task definitions, baselines, and datasets) in the experiments section. We will revise the abstract to incorporate the main quantitative findings while preserving conciseness. revision: yes

Circularity Check

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No significant circularity

full rationale

The manuscript describes an empirical teleoperation framework evaluated via task success rates and efficiency metrics in simulation and hardware. No equations, derivations, fitted parameters presented as predictions, or first-principles results appear in the abstract or summary. Claims rest on direct experimental falsification rather than any self-referential reduction, self-citation chain, or ansatz smuggling. The load-bearing mechanism (tactile contact estimation plus Jacobian corrections) is tested against baselines without internal definitional equivalence.

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Abstract-only review supplies no equations, no fitted constants, and no explicit modeling assumptions, so the ledger cannot be populated beyond noting that the central claim rests on unstated assumptions about sensor accuracy and real-time Jacobian invertibility.

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