[COMPARE] Happy Holidays! December 2025

[COMPARE Ecosystem]

Happy Holidays! December 2025

From the COMPARE project team to the rest of the ecosystem and beyond, happy holidays! We will be taking a break over the next few weeks to recharge for 2026, and we hope you do, too. Then we will see you the first week of January at the UK Robot Manipulation Workshop in Edinburgh; more information below. Onward to 2026!  The COMPARE project team definitely physically together at ICRA 2025 definitely wearing holiday hats!  Left to right: Vatsal Patel, Aaron Dollar, Brian Flynn, Kostas Bekris, Adam Norton, Daniel Nakhimovich, Holly Yanco, Shambhuraj Mane, Berk Calli, Huajing Zhao, Ricardo Digiovanni Frumento, Yifan Zhu, Yu Sun

Events What’s coming up soon? The 7th UK Robot Manipulation Workshop: January 6-7, 2026, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK The program for the next edition of the UK Robot Manipulation Workshop has been posted, including keynote talks, panel discussions, posters, and four speaking sessions. Community facilitator Adam Norton will present on the COMPARE work-in-progress to develop standards and guidelines for robot grasping and manipulation pipelines during the “New Frontiers” session. Subscribe to the Robot Manipulation Events Google Calendar to stay in the loop!

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Adam Norton, Community Facilitator, COMPARE Ecosystem

Improving Open-Source and Benchmarking for Robot Manipulation

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