Active Stereo-Camera Outperforms Multi-Sensor Setup in ACT Imitation Learning for Humanoid Manipulation

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Last proof check: 2026-03-31
Score updated: 2026-04-02
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References: 35
Source count: 4
Coverage: 50%

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Source paper: Active Stereo-Camera Outperforms Multi-Sensor Setup in ACT Imitation Learning for Humanoid Manipulation

PDF: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2603.28422v1

Source count: 4

Coverage: 50%

Last proof check: 2026-03-31T20:53:21.085Z

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A minimal active stereo-camera setup outperformed complex multi-sensor configurations, achieving 87.5% success in a spatial generalization task and 94.4% in a structured manipulation task.
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Conversely, adding pressure sensors to this setup reduced success to 67.3% in the latter task due to a low signal-to-noise ratio.
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Results indicate that additional modalities often degrade performance for IL with limited data.
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Our analysis demonstrates that strategic sensor selection can outperform complex configurations in data-limited regimes while reducing computational overhead.
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We develop an open-source Unified Ablation Framework that utilizes sensor masking on a comprehensive master dataset.
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We conclude that in data-limited regimes, active vision offers a superior trade-off between robustness and complexity.
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While tactile modalities may require larger datasets to be effective, our findings validate that strategic sensor selection is critical for designing an efficient learning process.
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Implied in the abstract's conclusion and supported by the performance degradation observed with pressure sensors.
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This paper benchmarks 14 sensor combinations on the Unitree G1 humanoid robot equipped with three-finger hands for two manipulation tasks.
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